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Pakistani Girl's Blasphemy Bail Hearing Postponed

Pakistani policemen escort Islamic cleric Khalid Chishti upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad on September 2.Pakistani policemen escort Islamic cleric Khalid Chishti upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad on September 2.
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Pakistani policemen escort Islamic cleric Khalid Chishti upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad on September 2.
Pakistani policemen escort Islamic cleric Khalid Chishti upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad on September 2.
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A 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy will remain in jail until at least September 7.

A judge in Islamabad announced that her bail hearing, set for September 3, would be adjourned until then because of a lawyers' strike.

The girl, Rimsha Masih, was arrested in Islamabad last month on accusations of burning pages of the Koran.

However, on September 2, the case, which has sparked an international outcry, took a new twist. 

The imam who accused Masih was himself charged with blasphemy, punishable by death in Pakistan. 

The imam, Khalid Chishti, was accused of planting pages of the Koran in a bag containing burnt paper that had been carried by the girl. 

Chishti, who denies any wrongdoing, allegedly saw it as a way to push out Christians from his neighborhood. 

Human Rights Watch in Pakistan described the decision to act against the cleric as "unprecedented."

Based on reporting by AFP, BBC, AP, and Reuters
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by: Victor from: Berkeley
September 03, 2012 04:35
He who lives by the sword ...

by: Standard1 from: Los Angeles
September 03, 2012 04:44
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

by: karl from: usa
September 03, 2012 04:56
It is obscene that our representatives are giving our tax dollars to these Islamic barbarians. The underlying premise of their so-called anti-blasphemy law is that non-muslims should be killed. So let these cave dwellers kill each other. Why do I have to pay for it.

by: Wania Naz from: Karachi
September 03, 2012 05:24
Kindly Correct the Spell Mistake Of The Word Koran. It's Not Koran But Quran. So Kindly Replace Quran Intead Of Quran.
Thanks.

by: abouttime from: AUST
September 03, 2012 05:36
he tried to put this girl and her family to death in this act if he really did do this he should be made an example of as from what i have herd this law is rife with people using it to get rid of those whom they don't like. PS get rid of that law

by: Hanno Phoenicia from: USA
September 03, 2012 05:50
This is the equivalent of Nazi Germany considering the release of a Jew from a concentration camp. Pakistan is the most dangerous terrorist dictatorship in the world, and every penny the US gives them is an act of treason. Their clergy is as corrupt as their military and government.

by: Michael from: NSW australia
September 03, 2012 06:30
Spanish inquisition much? How many more innocent people have to die before we realize that death is not a punishment for burning books.

How many innocent people have been put to death because of lies and how many more will die because of this stupidity?

Human beings all have to agree to work together, respect each others beliefs and stop killing each other because we take offense.

GET OVER YOURSELVES YOU SILLY LITTLE PEOPLE!

by: vijay from: india
September 03, 2012 07:26
if god is for us,who will be against us

by: ali from: pakistan
September 03, 2012 21:21
whats the reality
http://www.thextranews.com/2012/09/blasphemy-case-cleric-planted-evidence.html

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