Pakistani Judge Grants Bail

artappraiser — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:46:30 +0000

In reply to Imam arrested in Pakistan blasphemy case

Pakistani Judge Grants Bail to Christian Girl
By REBECCA SANTANA and ZARAR KHAN Associated Press
ISLAMABAD September 6, 2012 (AP)

[....] Chaudhry said the defense team would next move to have the entire case dismissed.

In an unusual twist, police arrested a Muslim cleric from her neighborhood a week ago after a follower from his mosque accused him of stashing pages of a Quran in the girl's bag to make it seem as if she burned them. He allegedly planted the evidence to push Christians out of the neighborhood and is now being investigated for blasphemy himself. He has denied the allegation.

The judge gave no reason for granting bail. During the lengthy hearing in an Islamabad courtroom, attorneys for the young girl argued that the accusations against the cleric had raised reasonable doubt about her culpability in the case.

"No evidence has been brought up against her for willfully committing this crime," said one of her lawyers, Pervez Khan [....]

Doesn't the imam stand in

jollyroger — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:00:10 +0000

In reply to Imam arrested in Pakistan blasphemy case

Doesn't the imam stand in peril of his own.blasphemy beef for tearing up a Koran? And, o/t, does his name mean that he belongs to the Chisti order of Sufis? Unlikely.

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Pakistani Judge Grants Bail

Doesn't the imam stand in