Pakistani Teacher Held Over 'Baseless' Blasphemy Claim A Muslim teacher in Pakistan could face the death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab province on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students' parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district, whose head told AFP the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry. But four days after the original complaint, ... Continue reading... http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistani-teacher-held-over-baseless-blasphemy-claim-1414447
Arabic teacher arrested in Muzaffargarh over blasphemy claim A Muslim teacher in Pakistan could face the death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in Muzaffargarh district on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students’ parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani, whose head told AFP the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry. But four days after the original complaint, the parents went to ... Continue reading... http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/06/arabic-teacher-arrested-in-muzaffargarh-over-blasphemy-claim/
Teacher held in Muzaffargarh over ‘baseless’ blasphemy claim Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab province on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students’ parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district, whose head told AFP the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry. But four days after the original complaint, the parents went to police to accuse Ahmed of blasphemy, according to local authorities. The school said no mention of blasphemy had been made before the police complaint. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue ... Continue reading... http://arynews.tv/en/teacher-held-muzaffargarh-baseless-blasphemy-claim/
School teacher in Muzaffargarh held over 'baseless' blasphemy claim A Muslim school teacher in Mehmoodkot was accused of blasphemy by parents of his students, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab province on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students' parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district, whose head said “the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry”. But four days after the original complaint, the ... Continue reading... http://www.dawn.com/news/1262079/school-teacher-in-muzaffargarh-held-over-baseless-blasphemy-claim
Pakistani teacher arrested for ‘blasphemy’ charge, likely to be executed A Muslim teacher in Pakistan could face the death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab province on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students’ parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district, whose head told AFP the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry. But four days after the original complaint, ... Continue reading... http://www.india.com/news/world/pak...asphemy-charge-likely-to-be-executed-1230328/
Muzaffargarh school teacher held in ‘fake’ blasphemy claim A Muslim school teacher in Mehmoodkot was accused of blasphemy by parents of his students, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab province on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students’ parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district, whose head said “the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry”. But four days after the original complaint, the ... Continue reading... http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...-school-teacher-held-in-fake-blasphemy-claim/
Teacher held in Muzaffargarh on blasphemy charge A Muslim teacher could face death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in southern Punjab on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students’ parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani in Muzaffargarh district. The school head said the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an enquiry. But four days after the original complaint, the parents went to ... Continue reading... http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/02-Jun-16/teacher-held-in-muzaffargarh-on-blasphemy-charge
Teacher held over 'baseless' blasphemy claim A Muslim teacher could face the death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas. Arabic teacher Gibreel Ahmed was arrested at a government school in Muzaffargarh on May 14 after allegedly beating two brothers in the sixth grade for not coming to class on time. The students' parents complained to the Government High School Gurmani, whose head told AFP the 40-year-old teacher had been suspended after an inquiry. But four days after the original complaint, the parents went to police to accuse ... Continue reading... http://nation.com.pk/national/02-Jun-2016/teacher-held-over-baseless-blasphemy-claim
Pakistan teacher arrested for blasphemy A Pakistani schoolteacher has been arrested for allegedly making blasphemous comments in Punjab province. The FIR was registered a couple of days ago against Gabreel Ahmed on the complaint of Bilal, his student's father, under Section 295-C (blasphemy) of the Pakistan Penal Code which carries the death penalty. Senior police officer Sajjad Khan said that Ahmed, an Arabic language teacher at Government High School, Qasba Gormani, Muzaffargarh district, is accused of blasphemy. "Initially the police had arrested Ahmed for torturing Bilal's two sons of grade-VI in the school. But later Bilal complained that Ahmed committed blasphemy and his sons endorsed ... Continue reading... http://www.oneindia.com/international/pak-teacher-arrested-blasphemy-2116251.html
