Barack Obama actually said...

He most courageously challenged the blasphemy laws of Pakistan under which individuals have been prosecuted for speaking their minds or practicing their own faiths.

Context

Statement on the Death of Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti of Pakistan

03/01/2011

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