The Accused: Damned or Devoted? (movie)
- User score: 8
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Mohammed Naqvi
- Production companies: Brook Lapping Productions, 64th Street Media Productions, BBC Four, ZDF/Arte
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 2/23/2020
- Run time: 74 min.
Movie description
Against the backdrop of Pakistan's elections, this film follows the rise of powerful cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, on a mission to preserve the country's blasphemy laws, which prescribe a mandatory death sentence for disrespecting The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and life imprisonment for desecrating the Holy Quran. With millions sympathetic to his goal, Rizvi silences anyone attempting to change the law by condemning them to death. As he pushes for more power, Rizvi decides to run for office in the upcoming general elections, and those accused of blasphemy or those who oppose the blasphemy laws- whether targeted minorities, liberals, and opposing Muslim voices - become the pawns of his ambition.
