SFGATE: Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy
Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy"
Published on October 31, 2018 at 11:06AM by By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's top court has acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad. In Wednesday's verdict, the court ordered authorities to free Asia Bibi. Bibi was being held at an undisclosed jail for security reasons. The landmark ruling is expected to anger Islamists who had threatened to launch nationwide protests if the court freed her. Bibi was arrested in 2009 after a quarrel with Muslim women. Islamists have demanded her execution. A governor and a minister of minorities were assassinated in 2011 for supporting her. Insulting Islam is punishable by death in Pakistan, and the mere rumor of blasphemy can ignite lynchings.
Published on October 31, 2018 at 11:06AM by By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's top court has acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad. In Wednesday's verdict, the court ordered authorities to free Asia Bibi. Bibi was being held at an undisclosed jail for security reasons. The landmark ruling is expected to anger Islamists who had threatened to launch nationwide protests if the court freed her. Bibi was arrested in 2009 after a quarrel with Muslim women. Islamists have demanded her execution. A governor and a minister of minorities were assassinated in 2011 for supporting her. Insulting Islam is punishable by death in Pakistan, and the mere rumor of blasphemy can ignite lynchings.
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