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see Under the shadow of Asia Bibi; Life as a Christian in Pakistan
After an argument with a Muslim woman over drinking water, this Catholic woman was accused of defiling the name of Mohammed then, and then sentenced to death. After being on death row for years in this Muslim country, the country’s supreme court finally acquitted her. But muslim groups are still after her blood, calling for her death.
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“When Bibi’s acquittal was announced, havoc erupted on the streets of Pakistan; roads were blocked with massive containers, rioters attacked cars with rocks and burnt tires, and anarchy and rage spread throughout the population.”
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“Jacob tells CNN that his organization registered cases in which rioters asked travelers to divulge their religion, and if the revealed they were Christian, ‘they were taken out of their cars and beaten up.’”
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“At the Cathedral in Pakistan’s garrison town of Rawalpindi, CNN is asked to visit in the early hours of the day to avoid drawing unnecessary attention to the site. Mothers shuffling in to drop off their kids at the neighboring convent avoid our gaze, looking away when we ask them about Asia Bibi’s case.”
“One of the elder Christian gatekeepers at St Joseph’s tells CNN that he is ‘grateful for the presence of the military close to the church.’ However, he notes that the sense of fear has “begun to haunt him” since the capital went into lockdown after the acquittal.”
After an argument with a Muslim woman over drinking water, this Catholic woman was accused of defiling the name of Mohammed then, and then sentenced to death. After being on death row for years in this Muslim country, the country’s supreme court finally acquitted her. But muslim groups are still after her blood, calling for her death.
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“When Bibi’s acquittal was announced, havoc erupted on the streets of Pakistan; roads were blocked with massive containers, rioters attacked cars with rocks and burnt tires, and anarchy and rage spread throughout the population.”
…
“Jacob tells CNN that his organization registered cases in which rioters asked travelers to divulge their religion, and if the revealed they were Christian, ‘they were taken out of their cars and beaten up.’”
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“At the Cathedral in Pakistan’s garrison town of Rawalpindi, CNN is asked to visit in the early hours of the day to avoid drawing unnecessary attention to the site. Mothers shuffling in to drop off their kids at the neighboring convent avoid our gaze, looking away when we ask them about Asia Bibi’s case.”
“One of the elder Christian gatekeepers at St Joseph’s tells CNN that he is ‘grateful for the presence of the military close to the church.’ However, he notes that the sense of fear has “begun to haunt him” since the capital went into lockdown after the acquittal.”
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