Oppressed Christian in Pakistan charged with blasphemy.
Rasheed Masih in handcuffs on blasphemy charges in Okara District, Punjab Province, Pakistan. Christian Daily International-Morning Star NewsA Christian in Pakistan with mental health issues has been arrested and charged under blasphemy, terrorism and sedition laws, sources said.
Police arrested Rasheed Masih, 48, on Aug. 6 and on allegations that he intended to incite religious tensions by recording a video against Islam and the government. Officers charged him under sections 295-A and 298 of the blasphemy law, 124-A related to sedition and Section 9 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, said his son Nabeel Rasheed of Hujra Shah Muqeem in Okara District, Punjab Province.
Masih has suffered from severe depression for the last two to three years after failing to get justice from the government and other entities, Rasheed said.
“He worked as a sanitary worker in a rural health center along with my mother Najma Rasheed, but he was targeted with false accusations when he raised his voice against corruption and theft of government resources by the Muslim staff members,” Nabeel Rasheed told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “His Muslim colleagues were also opposed to him when he turned down their attempts to convert him to Islam.”
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