minor - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:06:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg minor - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Disabled girl, 11, charged with blasphemy in Pakistan https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/24/disabled-girl-11-charged-with-blasphemy-in-pakistan/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:30:41 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=32120 An 11-year-old Christian girl with Down's syndrome has been accused of desecrating the Qur'an under the severe blasphemy law in Pakistan. Rimsha Masih is the first minor to be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Witnesses claim she burnt 10 pages of a booklet used to Read more

Disabled girl, 11, charged with blasphemy in Pakistan... Read more]]> An 11-year-old Christian girl with Down's syndrome has been accused of desecrating the Qur'an under the severe blasphemy law in Pakistan.

Rimsha Masih is the first minor to be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Witnesses claim she burnt 10 pages of a booklet used to learn basic Arabic and the Qur'an.

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