
Pakistani police carry the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, shortly before burial in a cemetary in Lahore, Pakistan, 5 Jan 2011. One of his guards identified as Mumtaz Qadri, confessed to killing the governor because of his opposition to a controversial law on blasphemy.
--VOA
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Admirers of the gunman, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, have set up a Facebook page to commemorate the killer. In a few short hours, the page has been flooded with hundreds of posts by supporters lionizing their newfound hero.
"May Allah protect Malik Mumtaz; he has indeed made us very proud as Muslims," reads one representative post written by Kamran Qureshi who, if his Facebook information is to be believed, resides in Lahore
--Foreign Policy
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In my opinion, this is culturalized religion at it's sickest.
God does not require human sacrifice, and is quite capable of dealing with whatever She considers "blasphemy" on Her own.