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But Tauran said that Rimsha “is a girl who cannot read or write and collects garbage to live on and picked up the fragments of the book which was in the middle of the rubbish.”
| Why was the holy book in the middle of the rubbish, we asked when this story first came out, and there's been no answer all this time... |
He also told the daily Il Sussidiario, that he believed it “impossible in the light of the facts that the girl had tried to express her scorn for the sacred book of Islam.”
The youngster reportedly has DownÂ’s Syndrome and her arrest has prompted outrage from rights groups and concern from Western governments.
Under PakistanÂ’s strict blasphemy laws, insulting the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) is punishable by death and burning a sacred text by life imprisonment. Rights groups say the legislation is often abused to settle personal vendettas.
| Or to torture and execute Christians for the simple purpose of keeping them in their place. The 'rights' groups tend to miss that one... |
Rishma had been due to appear in court on Saturday but police and her lawyer said the hearing had been moved to August 31.