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Monday, September 3, 2012

Pakistani girl's arrest for blasphemy has echoes here - The Irish Times - Mon, Sep 03, 2012

Pakistani girl's arrest for blasphemy has echoes here - The Irish Times - Mon, Sep 03, 2012: SPARE A thought for Rimsha Masih, who is about 14 years old and facing into at least another fortnight in jail, if not much worse. On Saturday a court in Islamabad deferred her bail application on a technicality until today. Her lawyers say Rimsha has learning difficulties. Yesterday brought news that the local imam who has accused Rimsha Masih of blasphemy, Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, had himself been arrested and accused of planting evidence on her.?

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