Christian Woman Sentenced to Death in Pakistan for Blasphemy

9/20/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced a 40-year-old Christian mother to death for allegedly blaspheming the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka sentenced Shagufta Kiran to death using Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws. Kiran’s lawyers plan to appeal the decision. “We feel it’s a wrong judgment based on prejudice,” Kiran’s attorney, Rana Abdul Hameed, stated in a UCA news report. “The judge didn’t bother to look at the ev