“Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge” wrote Mashal Khan on his Facebook wall, nine days before his brutal lynching in Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan. On the 13th of April 2017, an angry mob of fellow students; at the university, including some members of staff, accused him of having posted blasphemous content online, dra...
The Cost of Free Thought in Pakistan
“Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge” wrote Mashal Khan on his Facebook wall, nine days before his brutal lynching in Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan. On the 13th of April 2017, an angry mob of fellow students; at the university, including some members of staff, accused him of having posted blasphemous content online, dra...