Protests break out in parts of Karachi , Lahore & Islamabad after Pakistan's Supreme Court acquitted a #Christian woman #AsiaBibi.
She had been earlier sentenced to death for blasphemy. pic.twitter.com/bPttbRQvlr— Baloch? (@ASJBaloch) October 31, 2018
Thank God. But the above was the angry reactions in the street from the people who think they have the right to kill her because they didn’t like what she said. Word was they were now trying to get her out of the country before these folks get to her.
Via Free Beacon:
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for nearly eight years on blasphemy charges.
Asia Bibi was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed during an argument with Muslim colleagues in 2009, and she was convicted of blasphemy the following year and sentenced to death. But the mother of five won her appeal against the conviction this week, CNN reported.
The acquittal prompted protests in Islamabad and Lahore, where the demonstrations quickly became large enough that government officials urged people to stay inside. Members of the Islamist movement Tehreek-e Labbaik staged sit-ins and yelled slogans against Pakistani officials.
Police officials invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which prohibits the gathering of more than four people.