“A professor of Islam known for his liberal religious views has been shot dead in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
Mohammad Shakil Auj, 54, dean of Islamic Studies at the University of Karachi, was on his way to an Iranian cultural centre to which he had been invited as a guest of honour.
His car was being driven down a ramp from a flyover when “bullets were fired, one hit the professor in the head and he died”, senior police officer Pir Mohammad Shah said. Another bullet struck Auj’s junior colleague – whom police named only as Amna – in the arm, wounding her.”
Read more from The Guardian here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/18/liberal-professor-islam-shot-dead-pakistan-karachi
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