Update on the case of Asia Bibi: despite Asia’s acquittal and release from prison, she remains stuck in Pakistan and unable to move about freely, because of a Pakistani public and Islamic supremacist thugs indoctrinated by Islamic law, which mandates the death penalty for those who insult Islam.
Fears about the safe release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently saved from death row in Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy against Islam, remain strong despite assurances from U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt that her release is being negotiated.
Angry protests and riots immediately erupted in Pakistan when her acquittal was announced. Demonstrators threatened to kill her and the judges who order her release.
Fear of Sharia adherents has also prevented Bibi from obtaining freedom elsewhere. While many Muslim refugees (including jihadis) who have proven harmful to free societies have managed to migrate to the West, Bibi has not received asylum.
The UK has barred Bibi from entering the country, for fear that if she did, Muslims would riot.
Bibi’s case represents a sad commentary on how far Western countries have submitted to Islamic law.
“Asia Bibi, Christian woman saved from death, remains trapped in Pakistan,” by Leonardo Blair, Christian Post, April 9, 2019:
Fears about the safe release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently saved from death row in Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy against Islam, remain strong despite assurances from U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt that her release is being negotiated.
Hunt told the British Parliament last Wednesday: “Making sure that she is safe and has somewhere safe to go is a top priority for this government. We have had numerous discussions in private with [the] Pakistani government about how to progress this. We are making progress and I’m very hopeful that this will have a positive outcome.”
The 54-year-old Christian woman’s saga began nearly 10 years ago when two Muslim farm laborers accused her of drinking from the same container as them and refused to drink after her because she’s a Christian.
A conflict ensued and Bibi was accused of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In Pakistan, where 97 percent of its 180 million inhabitants are Muslim, being charged with committing blasphemy against Islam is punishable by death.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ultimately said there were many inconsistencies in the testimonies against Bibi and she was acquitted. But her acquittal incensed the Muslim community.
And the longer she remains in hiding in Pakistan, friends are worried she is exposing herself to more danger.
“Extremists could still harm Bibi,” Obed Robert, a friend of Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, told DW.
“I think she is still in the country and has not left yet,” Robert, who is a priest, said.
Shamoon Alfred Gill, vice-chairman of the Minorities Alliance Pakistan organization, also told the publication that as long as Bibi remains in Pakistan, her life will be in danger.
“We have requested our friends and civil society members to appeal to international organizations, as well as Pakistani authorities, to ensure Bibi’s safe departure from the country,” Gill told DW.
In an interview with The Mail last month from a secret location in Canada, Bibi’s youngest daughter, Eisham Ashiq, 18, explained how much she missed her mother and pleaded for her release.
“I am missing her so much, I think about her all the time, and I speak to her on the phone all the time. I say to her, ‘Have faith in God, because if God can release you from jail, God can release you from where you are now. He will bring you out.’”…..