The Accused: Damned or Devoted? (2020)

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• 2020
• Documentary
• Mohammed Naqvi
• Khadim Hussain Rizvi
• Asia Bibi
• Gulalai Ismail

In Pakistan the blasphemy law, prescribes a compulsory death sentence for disrespecting The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and life imprisonment for desecrating the Holy Quran. The Accused, Damned or Devoted? follows the stories and fate of four people accused of blasphemy. The most famous of them is Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who claims she was falsely accused by her Muslim co-workers after a disagreement. As the elections in Pakistan loom, the country is split between those who feel the law is being misused and want to change it and those who believe it must be preserved at any cost. Its greatest advocate, Cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi goes on a mission to do just this. As his campaign heats up, he gathers millions of supporters, sympathetic to his goal and silences anyone attempting to change the law by condemning them to death. As the world awaits the outcome of Asia Bibi's trial, Rizvi's uses the blasphemy law as a key platform to run for the role as Prime Minister of Pakistan in the upcoming elections. Amidst the hysteria, those who oppose him and even his own followers become pawns in his ultimate quest for power.