Rimsha Misah has been held at a high-security prison for more than a fortnight after being arrested in a Christian enclave outside Islamabad. She is accused of burning pages of a religious text, a crime punishable with death.
Now her supporters say she could be freed as soon as Monday.
They say she has Down’s syndrome and is the victim of a long-running vendetta carried out by Muslims who want the Christian community to leave their homes.
They appeared to be vindicated on Sunday, when Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, imam of a nearby mosque was presented before court to be charged with desecrating a Koran by adding pages to charred rubbish collected from Rimsha.
He was detained in a raid late on Saturday night after worshippers at his mosque came forward to say he had been seen tampering with evidence
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Muslim cleric arrested in Pakistan Koran-burning case
What type of religious leader, sets up a dove of innocence, for a ritual sacrifice?
