An eleven-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan who was accused of
defiling the Quoran is currently facing a death penalty.
The
girl is believed to be suffering from Down’s Syndrome and there is no
proof that she committed the alleged crime. Her ordeal started when she
was accused by a Muslim of having a bag of ashes believed to be burnt
pages of the Muslim Holy Book, the Quoran.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari
ordered a probe into the arrest of the girl, which took place last
week in a Christian area of the capital Islamabad.
Officials said the girl could
not properly answer police questions after she was held under Pakistan’s
controversial blasphemy law – which carries a potential death penalty.
It would be
recalled that a Christian couple in Pakistan were jailed for 25 years
two years ago after they were accused of touching a Koran with unwashed
hands.
This is man’s inhumanity to man…it’s injustice!
