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Convicted Murderer's Grave in Pakistan Becomes Shrine for Some

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In January of 2011, Mumtaz Qadri killed the very person he was paid to protect. Qadri served in the squad of personal bodyguards for Salmaan Taseer, a liberal Pakistani politician and governor of Punjab province who advocated for liberalizing the country’s controversial blasphemy law. After killing the governor, Qadri surrendered himself to law enforcement and confessed to his crime, citing religious reasons to justify his action. Qadri considered governor Taseer’s...

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