Amid Drop in Official Blasphemy Accusations, Underlying Concerns Remain in Pakistan
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A recent Reuters report said that registered blasphemy cases have seen a huge drop this year, after Pakistan’s army chief cracked down on fundamentalist groups. After years of widespread increases in blasphemy accusations, such a reversal seems like a positive development. But Pakistanis don’t necessarily feel the official numbers tell the whole story. “Hamza,” a Pakistani Muslim man who wants to reform blasphemy laws and now lives abroad, acknowledged the official numbers have dropped. “But personally I don’t think that means the underlying problem has been solved,” he said.
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