Terrorists issue fatwa against Pakistani Minister for Minorities

An Islamic terrorist organization one of the largest in Southern Asia, and other Taliban groups have launched a “fatwa” against the Minister for Religious Minorities, the Catholic Shabhaz Bhatti.

Fides reports the minister is now being targeted by militants for his commitment to the revision of the nation’s notorious blasphemy law, the same under which Christian mother of 5, Asia Bibi, has been sentenced to death.

The Minister had already received warnings and threats. Meanwhile, work on selection proceeds for the Commission, that, appointed by President Zardari and under the leadership of Minister Bhatti, will study appropriate amendments to the blasphemy law. The Commission will include political leaders, Muslim clerics and scholars, and representatives of civil society and will draft a proposal for revisions in order to prevent abuses.