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Pakistanis bury Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, who enraged Muslims by opposing laws that decreed death for insulting Islam and was slain by a bodyguard. (Associated Press)

Mumtaz Qadri, foregroung, the suspected killer of Punjab's governor Salman Taseer, leaves a court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, mobbed by supporters. (AP Photo/Mohammad Riazur Rehman)

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Mumtaz Qadri, center, the accused killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, arrives at court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. More than 500 Muslim scholars praised the man suspected of killing the Pakistani governor because the politician opposed blasphemy laws that mandate death for those convicted of insulting Islam. The group of scholars and clerics known as Jamat Ahle Sunnat is affiliated with a moderate school of Islam and represents the mainstream Barelvi sect. The group said in a statement Wednesday that no one should pray for Mr. Taseer or express regret for his murder. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pakistani women light candles and pray at the site of a shooting that killed Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Taseer was killed on Tuesday by his bodyguard commando, who reportedly was enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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A Pakistani mourner grieves on an ambulance carrying the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer during his funeral procession in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore on ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor, allegedly shot dead by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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A Pakistani helicopter carrying the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer departs for his burial in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Pakistanis wave at a helicopter carrying the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer as it departs for burial in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Pakistani rescue workers and mourners bury the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in a cemetry in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Sheraz)

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, center, and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, right, arrive to attend the funeral of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Mumtaz Qadri, foreground, alleged killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, leaves a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Taseer was killed on Tuesday allegedly by his bodyguard commando, who reportedly was enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/Mohammad Riazur Rehman)

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Pakistani lawyers chant slogans in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, during his appearance in a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Taseer was killed on Tuesday allegedly by his bodyguard commando, who reportedly was enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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A Pakistani greets Mumtaz Qadri, third from right, the alleged killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, as he arrives at a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Lawyers showered rose petals over the suspected killer of the prominent Pakistani governor when he arrived at court Wednesday, and an influential group of Muslim scholars praised the assassination of Mr. Taseer, an outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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A Pakistani mourner reacts during the funeral procession of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor, who was shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Pakistanis carry the body of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, who was shot dead allegedly by one of his guards, to an ambulance at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The killing was the highest-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani mourner grieves during the funeral procession of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor, who was shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Pakistani police officers collect evidence at the scene where Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer was shot dead allegedly by one of his guards in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Mumtaz Qadri, right, the bodyguard who allegedly killed Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, sits in police custody in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. An intelligence official interrogating the suspect told the Associated Press that the bearded elite force police commando was boasting about the assassination, saying he was proud to have killed a blasphemer. The killing was the highest-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. (AP Photo/Irfan Ali)

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Mumtaz Qadri (center), a commando in Pakistan's Elite Force who is being held in the killing of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, sits in a police van in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Tariq Waseem)

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Commando of Pakistan's Elite force, Mumtaz Qadri, right, who purportedly killed Punjab's governor Salman Taseer, sits in a police custody in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Irfan Ali)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistani Punjab Province, talks to reporters after meeting with Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, not in photo, at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Taseer was shot dead Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, by one of his guards in the Pakistani capital, apparently because he had spoken out against the country's controversial blasphemy laws, officials said. (AP Photo/File)