This just gives the Muslims who are baying for this poor woman’s blood more chance to find and murder her. “Asia Bibi: Pakistani authorities barring her from leaving, friend says,” by Emma Graham-Harrison, Guardian, February 9, 2019: Pakistani authorities have moved Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges, to a new “secure […]
Supporter of accused blasphemer Asia Bibi says she is still in Pakistan, not in Canada as her lawyer claims
It wouldn’t be at all surprising if she has not been able to get out of Pakistan. So many Muslims there are enraged by her acquittal and avid to spill her blood. An update on this story. “Conflicting reports about Asia Bibi’s whereabouts,” DW, February 1, 2019: The lawyer of the Pakistani Christian accused of […]
Pakistan: After Friday prayers, 1000s of Muslims violently protest freeing of Asia Bibi, cops use tear gas, batons
These rioters and protesters are fanatically determined to have poor Asia Bibi’s blood for her supposed “blasphemy,” despite her acquittal by the Pakistani Supreme Court. When have we see thousands of Muslims protesting against jihad terror and Sharia oppression? Right, never. “Dozens detained as police use batons, tear gas to disperse violent TLP protest in […]
Accused blasphemer Asia Bibi’s lawyer: “She is united with her family” in Canada
This is most welcome news, and closes a particularly ugly chapter in the history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its enforcement of Sharia blasphemy laws. Asia Bibi was falsely accused, sentenced to death, imprisoned for eight years, and then when she was acquitted by the Pakistani Supreme Court, mobs all over the country […]
“She deserves to be murdered according to Sharia”: Muslims in Pakistan enraged over new acquittal of Asia Bibi
Asia Bibi spent eight years in prison on death row in Pakistan for supposedly blaspheming Muhammad. But even now, some Muslims there are determined not to let her live in peace, and will be satisfied with nothing short of her murder. “‘Do not compromise the Prophet’s honour!’: Islamic hardliners call for protests in Pakistan following […]
Pakistan: Nearly 200 Christians are being held on blasphemy charges
This is an ongoing travesty of human rights, but no one is particularly concerned. It isn’t as if something important such as “Islamophobia” was being committed. “Pakistan: Nearly 200 cases of Christians on blasphemy charges,” by Tobias Lehner and John Pontifex, Independent Catholic News, January 23, 2019: There are nearly 200 cases of Christians in […]
Pakistan: No sympathy in her home village for accused blasphemer Asia Bibi, “They should execute her”
Consider this paragraph: “I would die in the name of my religion and if someone has committed blasphemy, then they are not forgiven,” said Shawkat Ali, a 62-year-old farmer. If the supreme court has some faith in religion and if they are Muslims, they should execute her.” Those words are from a former neighbor of […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Security high at churches for Christmas, Asia Bibi still in hiding
Pope Francis and other learned imams who insist that Islam rejects violence and terrorism should go to Pakistan now and explain to Pakistani leaders that these precautions around churches and guards around Asia Bibi aren’t necessary: it’s a religion of peace! “Tight security at Pakistan’s churches this Christmas as Asia Bibi remains in hiding,” Christian […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Can Theresa May Change Her Mind About Asia Bibi?
Asia Bibi, the Christian woman in Pakistan who was accused of blasphemy, sentenced to hang, and finally acquitted by the Supreme Court after spending eight years in solitary confinement, in an 8’ by 10’ prison cell, is still being held by the government, now for her own safety, somewhere in Pakistan. Meanwhile, Muslim mobs in […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Where Can Asia Bibi Go? (Part Two)
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