SALMAN TASEER

The reason he claimed that Governor Taseer was a blasphemer was that the governor opposed death penalty for saying or writing anything that was heresy or blasphemy as interpreted be fundamentalist Muslims. The Governor knew he was taking a risk. See {620970} .

He was assassinated by his bodyguard the following week. See {620972}. This appears to be the first time that a politician who was threatened with harm chose social media—in this case a Tweet--to inform supporters of his situation. The “blasphemy” for which he was accused was to oppose the death penalty for saying or writing anything that was heresy or blasphemy as interpreted be fundamentalist Muslims,

He was assassinated by his bodyguard the following week. See {620972}. This appears to be the first time that a politician who was threatened with harm chose social media—in this case a Tweet--to inform supporters of his situation. The “blasphemy” for which he was accused was to oppose the death penalty for saying or writing anything that was heresy or blasphemy as interpreted be fundamentalist Muslims,