WND EXCLUSIVE

MOBS INVADE STREETS AFTER CHRISTIAN FREED FROM DEATH SENTENCE

Judges found accusers 'concocted' claim of blasphemy

Muslims in Pakistan had warned that if the nation’s Supreme Court acquitted a Christian woman accused of blaspheming Muhammad there would be violent protests in the streets.

And there were.

Protesters in major cities such as Lahore on Wednesday shouted “blasphemers deserve death” and “prophet, we sacrifice our lives for you” after the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted Asia Bibi, ruling the basis of the blasphemy charge was a “concocted” story.

Supporters of the Islamic political party Tehreek-e-Labaik condemned the ruling, hurling stones at police and blocking roads in major cities, the Independent newspaper of London reported.

Bibi’s Muslim co-workers refused to drink water from a cup from which she had taken a sip and demanded she convert to Islam. Her refusal prompted a mob to later allege that she had insulted the prophet Mohammed. She was convicted in 2010 under section 295-C of Pakistan’s penal code that punishes blasphemy against Muhammad with the death penalty. She was sentenced to execution by hanging.

Bibi denied she made any derogatory remarks about Islam.

The TLP was founded from a movement supporting a bodyguard who assassinated a provincial government for advocating for Bibi in 2011. A federal official also was killed after calling for the Christian woman’s release.

At least 65 people have been murdered over blasphemy allegations since 1990.

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