Pakistani mullah accused of trying to frame girl in blasphemy case

[rpannier]

Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti is arrested after witnesses say he added pages of Qur'an to girl's bag

The case against a Pakistani Christian girl potentially facing a death sentence for allegedly burning sacred Islamic texts has been thrown into doubt after her local mullah was arrested on accusations of tampering with evidence in order to frame her.

Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti appeared in court on Sunday after witnesses claimed to have seen him adding pages of the Qur'an to a bag of ashes Rimsha Masih had been carrying away for disposal last month in order to strengthen the case against her.

Although many of the cases brought under the country's much criticised blasphemy laws are thought to be spurious, the Rimsha case is thought to be the first time in the more than two decades since the laws were introduced that someone has been arrested for fabricating evidence.

But while the dramatic turn of events delighted the girl's supporters, a prosecution lawyer insisted he would press ahead with the case against her.

link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/02/pakistani-mullah-accused-girl-blasphemy

note: They ought to disbar the idiot prosecuting the 13 year old girl for being a dumbass

[Enthusiast]

1. This is the sort of thing that happens when a religion

is allowed to control the courts and the government. We have all of world history to illustrate this danger.