Is it time for Pakistan to revisit blasphemy laws?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Millions of Paks including Prime Minister of Pakistain welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment of releasing Asia Bibi, a death row prisoner accused of blasphemy.
Although, a handful of hardliners denounced the judgement and erupted into the streets to protest her release, majority of Paks breathed a sigh of relief that an innocent practicing Christian woman, a mother of five, was cleared of charges of blasphemy, a crime punishable by death the poor lady never committed.
Many hailed the verdict as an important victory for religious tolerance in Pakistain. Asia Bibi, a practicing Christian laborer in Pakistain’s Punjab
Posted by: Fred 2018-11-02 |