Pakistan: Christian reported killed for blasphemy is still alive after attack by guard ranting against defamers of Muhammad

Jihad Watch : Asia News reported on September 25 that Bhatti had been killed, but as it turns out, he is still alive.

Muhammad Yousaf, a prison guard, gained access to the cells where those accused of blasphemy are held, and started shooting. “The shooter kept screaming that he would kill all those who have been disrespectful to the prophet Muhammad.”

But Bhatti is alive. Watch for Muslim leaders in the West, the international human rights community, and the U.N. to condemn Muhammad Yousaf and Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, and call for them to be repealed and religious minorities to be protected. (Yeah yeah, I know I shouldn’t cram the site so full of jokes.)

“Christian ‘Blasphemy’ Suspect Misreported as Slain in Pakistani Jail Is Alive and Well,” Morning Star News, October 3, 2014: LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct. 3, 2014 (Morning Star News) – Contrary to published reports, a Christian on trial for alleged “blasphemy” in Rawalpindi, Pakistan is alive and well following a Sept. 25 gun attack by a prison guard ranting against defamers of the prophet of Islam, sources said.

Prison officials and the wife of the accused Christian, Zafar Bhatti, told Morning Star News that Adiala Jail guard Muhammad Yousaf wanted to kill all inmates accused of blasphemy against Islam, but that other guards took him down after he shot a British-Pakistani Muslim in the chest who was convicted of blasphemy. The victim was recuperating at a private hospital.

Bhatti had been misreported as killed in mainstream and niche media. “My husband was in the cell adjacent to the one where the incident took place,” Bhatti’s wife, Nawab Bibi, told Morning Star News by phone from Islamabad. “Fortunately, the other prison guards were able to tackle the shooter soon after he fired the first shot at the Muslim blasphemy accused. He told us that the shooter kept screaming that he would kill all those who have been disrespectful to the prophet Muhammad.”

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