Muslim cleric arrested in Pakistan Koran-burning case

What type of religious leader, sets up a dove of innocence, for a ritual sacrifice?

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