Police in Pakistan are investigating a former pop singer turned Islamic preacher, after he made some remarks allegedly insulting the youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
The remarks appeared in a short video which went viral on the internet.
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The blasphemy case was filed by another conservative group Sunni Tehrik.
The ‘Disco Mullah’, as the former pop star is known in some parts of Pakistan, immediately released another video apologising and asking for forgiveness.
"I confess to my mistake. I did not do it intentionally," he said. "With a clean heart I ask that Allah forgive me and I beg and beseech all Muslims to forgive me. This was not on purpose", he added.
The spokesman for the conservative group who filed the case against Junaid told the BBC that the former musician’s apology won’t affect the legal process, which will go ahead in spite of Jamshed’s apology.
Blasphemy allegations can lead to a death sentence in Muslim majority Pakistan but, according to Al-Jazeera, no one in Pakistan has yet been executed for the crime.
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