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World Service,19 May 2000,12 mins

Pakistan abandons plans to reform blasphemy law

Reporting Religion

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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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