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 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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