CLOSE on the heels of the killing of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab province in Pakistan, for supporting Asia Bibi, who was imprisoned on charges of blasphemy, comes another similar incident.
Two Christian women were beaten up and publicly humiliated by an angry group on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan.
The incident took place on Jan 12 in Lahore after a Muslim woman accused her Christian sister-in-law of abusing the Prophet Mohammed, CathNewsIndia reported.
The two women had a minor dispute, after which the Muslim woman went out on the street and leveled charges against the Christian.
Later, a group of men led by Muhammad Sameer, a member of a religious organization, forced their way into the Christian woman’s house and slapped her and her mother, her brother said. He said their neighbors also started beating them.
Khadim Hazoor, Sameer’s son-in-law, said the mob blackened the Christian women’s faces, forced them to wear shoes on their necks and paraded them in the village on donkeys, according to the report.
“The crowd showed no mercy even as the women repeatedly touched the feet of the men, denying committing blasphemy and asked for forgiveness,” Hazoor added.
The Christian family has left the neighborhood after the incident.
