Tag: Asia Bibi

Asia Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to hang after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Muhammed during an argument the year before with Muslim colleagues.

December 25 is also a holiday for Muslims, who celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Bibi also acknowledged this, as she is being held captive for allegedly speaking against the holy figure of Islam.

ASIA Bibi’s husband Ashiq Masih has campaigned to the president of Pakistan to save his wife from execution. Pakistani Christian Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 with a penalty of death.

ASIA Noreen Bibi, the first Pakistani woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in November 2010, thanked Pope Francis and all the churches praying for her and credited them with her survival after four-and-a-half years in prison.

The Modi government in Gujarat is in the dock after Special Investigation Team’s recent observation that Ishrat Jahan was killed in a fake encounter. Pray that the khaki-clad criminals behind the ghastly murders are punished.

A Christian couple is facing false charges of theft after police in Abbottabad severely beat the pregnant woman and her husband for three days when they refused to confess, they told Compass.

REPORTS said Qamar David, who had been awaiting appeal against his 2010 conviction, was found dead today in his prison cell in Karachi’s main jail.

BHATTI, the only Christian in the Pakistani cabinet, had been threatened by Muslim groups in the country because of his stand against the Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws.

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.

ASIA Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who triggered a blasphemy furor in that country, is facing a threat of a suicide attack inside a jail, where she is currently lodged.