Pakistan: Masood Ahmad

Masood Ahmad: Pakistan - The elderly man's troubles started when two young men milling inside his homeopathic clinic casually asked him about his religion. He thought they were merely curious. In fact, they belonged to an outlawed militant group and were carrying hidden tape recorders. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Ahmad, who returned from Britain to his Pakistani homeland decades ago to open the clinic, was charged with blasphemy which can carry the death penalty. The 72 year old has been jailed since his arrest this month, awaiting a trial that could take months or even years to begin. In this Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo, Pakistani Christian girl, Zaira, 6, whose mother and father were arrested on charges of sending text messages that insulted Islam's Prophet, cries during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lahore. Pakistans blasphemy law has become a potent weapon in the arsenal of Muslim extremists, who use it against adherents of minority religions. AP Photo/Anjum Naveed Within hours, police officers showed up at Masood Ahmad's clinic and played back the tape in which he explained the tenets of the minority Ahmadiyya sect, rejected by mainstream Muslims because it disputes the basic tenet of their faith that Muhammad is Islam's last prophet. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.