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Direct News
Relatives
who became Muslims try to force her to renounce Christian faith.
By
Murad Khan
Summary:
FORT
ABBAS, Pakistan, March 12 (Compass Direct New) – A young mother
has been falsely accused of “blaspheming” Muhammad, the prophet
of Islam, because she rebuffed attempts by relatives who had
converted to Islam to force her to renounce her Christian faith,
family members said. Police in Khichiwala, Bahawalnagar district, in
Punjab Province, charged 26-year-old Shamim Bibi, mother of a
5-month-old girl and resident of the village Chak No. 170/7R Colony,
in the Fort Abbas area, under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s
“blasphemy” statutes after neighbors accused her of uttering
remarks against Muhammad. She was arrested on Feb. 28. Speaking ill
of Muhammad in Pakistan is punishable by life imprisonment or death
under Pakistan’s internationally condemned blasphemy laws. Shahbaz
Masih, her brother-in-law, told Compass that one of the two men named
as witnesses has denied hearing anything from Shamim Bibi that
supports the charge. Bahawalnagar Superintendent of Police
Investigation Irfan Ullah acknowledged that one of the two witnesses
had admitted to not being present at the alleged “crime” scene at
the time of the alleged remark. “The other witness is standing by
his claim, and she has produced nothing so far which can prove her
innocence,” Ullah told Compass by phone. He vehemently denied that
police had caved in to pressure from local Muslims and had registered
a case in undue haste.
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A young mother, Shamim Bibi, has been ripped
from her baby and imprisoned under penalty of death for her Christian
Faith. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom."
Actively Pray for her and the Persecuted Church.
--Bill
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