Additional Name(s): Tutti, Tooti

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death + 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April/7/2019

Date of Sentencing: September/13/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures)

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Muhammad Islam

Extra Bio Info:

Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

On April 7, 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, following a dispute with a pair of colleagues, in which Islam allegedly committed blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad.

On September 13, 2021, the Model Criminal Trial Court of Attock sentenced Islam to death for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).  He was also sentenced to ten years in prison for "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC). 

There are reports that Islam's family has abandoned him in light of the charges and verdict. 

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