Police Officers: Mohammad Asghar

Mohammad Asghar: Within hours, police officers showed up at Masood Ahmads 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 Islams last prophet, according to 660 News. He is not alone. Just last week, a Pakistani court sentenced a mentally ill British man, Mohammad Asghar, to death on blasphemy charges after he allegedly claimed to be Islams prophet and Pakistan The elderly mans 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. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.