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Pakistan abandons plans to reform blasphemy law

Pakistan's military government agrees with Islamist demands to keep the controversial law

Pakistan's military government agrees with Islamist demands to keep the controversial blasphemy law which prescribes the death penalty for anyone who insults the Prophet.

Also on the programme: why mixing God and politics in Japan is taboo and how it's becoming less tolerated in Greece; the Pope celebrates another milestone in a remarkable life.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project