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Offline TomSea

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Asia Bibi, Christian woman on Pakistan death row for blasphemy, acquitted in landmark ruling
« on: October 31, 2018, 05:17:49 pm »
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Asia Bibi, Christian woman on Pakistan death row for blasphemy, acquitted in landmark ruling
Lucia I. Suarez Sang By Lucia I. Suarez Sang, ZARAR KHAN | Fox News

A Christian woman in Pakistan on death row for nearly a decade after she allegedly contaminated a water jug -- an offense viewed as blasphemy in the Muslim country -- was acquitted by the country’s top court on Wednesday.

Asia Bibi was ordered released eight years after she was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges – a landmark ruling that sparked widespread protests around Pakistan by hard-line Islamists and even led to the murder of a local governor.

Bibi was not in court to hear the ruling, and AFP news agency quoted her as saying by phone: “I can’t believe what I am hearing, will I go out now? Will they let me out, really?”

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Protests after Pakistan frees Christian woman sentenced to death over blasphemy
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2018, 05:21:01 pm »
Wouldn't you know, protests... but all she did was drink from a water jug and contaminated it for others?

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WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 30, 2018 / 7:06 PM / UPDATED 36 MINUTES AGO
Protests after Pakistan frees Christian woman sentenced to death over blasphemy
Asif Shahzad, Mubasher Bukhari

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE (Reuters) - Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from an ultra-Islamist party and cheers from human rights advocates.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blasphemy/protests-after-pakistan-frees-christian-woman-sentenced-to-death-over-blasphemy-idUSKCN1N42YK

All things considered, a rightful judgement.... of course, things should never, ever get this far in the first place, imho.

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Re: Asia Bibi, Christian woman on Pakistan death row for blasphemy, acquitted in landmark ruling
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2018, 05:47:37 pm »
Thank God.

That poor woman.  The fact that she is still alive is amazing.
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Re: Asia Bibi, Christian woman on Pakistan death row for blasphemy, acquitted in landmark ruling
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2018, 05:59:35 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 31, 2018, 05:47:37 pm
Thank God.

That poor woman.  The fact that she is still alive is amazing.

If she wants to stay alive, she'd best get the hell out of Pakistan. 
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Re: Asia Bibi, Christian woman on Pakistan death row for blasphemy, acquitted in landmark ruling
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2018, 10:19:51 pm »
I'm on record elsewhere in this forum as advocating for a complete ban on immigration and "asylum".

But once in a while there are exceptions.

This woman is one of them.
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