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Mentally ill Briton accused of claiming to be Prophet Mohammad is sentenced to death by Pakistani court
Mohammad Asghar was accused of claiming to be the Prophet Mohammed
Prosecution disputed mental illness, and judge convicted him yesterday
He was arrested in 2010 under Pakistan's strict laws against blasphemy

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

LONDON: -- Human rights campaigners have called for the immediate release of a British man sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.

A judge convicted and sentenced Mohammad Asghar, from Edinburgh, on Thursday following a trial.
Mr Asghar was arrested in 2010 in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, for claiming to be the Prophet Mohammed in letters sent to various officials, according to prosecutor Javed Gul.

But a lawyer who defended Mr Asghar said he suffers from mental illness and the case was really a property dispute.
Amnesty International's deputy Asia Pacific director Polly Truscott said: 'Mohammad Asghar is now facing the gallows simply for writing a series of letters. He does not deserve punishment. No one should be charged on the basis of this sort of conduct.

'The blasphemy laws undermine the rule of law, and people facing charges risk death and other harm in detention.
'Pakistan must immediately release Mohammad Ashgar and reform its blasphemy laws to ensure that this will not happen again.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545695/Death-penalty-mentally-ill-Briton-Pakistan.html

-- Daily Mail 2014-01-25

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Actually he can't be the Prophet Mohammed because I am.

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Get real Briggsy, I am the real prophet Mohammed!

Just ask my brother Jesus

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Actually he can't be the Prophet Mohammed because I am.

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I hope you don't have any plans to visit Pakistan soon

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I work with a guy called Mohammad Mohammad. We call him Mohammad squared.

I wonder if he has a boy that he will name him Mohammad to?

I guess then he would be called Mohammad Cubed!

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The fact that he went to Pakistan clearly showes that he is indeed a mentally ill Mohamed.

Well, I suppose he could have gone to Mecca, but prophets and messiah's don't always pop up where you'd expect them to.

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