(Pakistan) Punjab’s Mustafabad: Islamic Radicals Storm ‘Blasphemy’ Hearing
— ‘Blasphemy’ case against Munir Masih and his wife Ruqiya Bibi
— “Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran
a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a ‘blasphemy’ case against a
Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife”
— “The couple had granted a Muslim neighbor’s request to store some of his
possessions in their home, including a Quran.”
— “The Islamic clergymen storming into the courtroom claimed that no non-Muslims had the right to keep a Quran in their home”
— “After the bail hearing, a member of the prosecution team approached Bibi while she was outside the courtroom waiting to testify and threatened to kill her. ‘Ruqiya was waiting outside the court for her turn,’ Gull said, ‘and one man came and said, ”Whatever the decision, we will kill you.””