A court in Pakistan has jailed an Imam or prayer leader for five years for inciting hate against a rival sect, officials said Wednesday.
Maulana Abubakar a prayer leader was arrested in February in Kasur district, Punjab, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Lahore, for making a speech against the rival minority Shiite sect, a prosecutor told AFP.
Sectarian violence — in particular by Sunni hardliners against Shiites, who make up roughly 20 percent of Pakistan’s 200 million people — has claimed thousands of lives in the country over the past decade.
SOURCE: http://dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/May-20/298640-pakistani-imam-jailed-for-five-years-for-hate-speech.ashx