Pakistani Christian girl charged with blasphemy

by Paul Wilkinson

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 @ 12:41

A YOUNG Christian girl, Rimsha Masih, has been charged under Pakistan's blasphemy laws. She has been in detention for eight days, after she was accused of burning pages from the Qur'an.

She was arrested in a poor district of the capital, Islamabad, after Muslim neighbours alleged that she had been seen disposing of the ashes of the burnt pages. Reports of her age vary from 11 to 16, and some accounts say that she has Down syndrome.

The blasphemy laws were tightened during ...

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