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Pakistan’s President Orders Report on Girl’s Arrest for Blasphemy

Posted August 20th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the country’s Interior Ministry for a report about the arrest of a Christian girl on blasphemy charges for allegedly desecrating a religious text. Police say the girl was taken into custody on Thursday after angry neighbors surrounded her house in Islamabad and accused her of burning pages inscribed […]

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Pakistan Leader Orders Report On Girl’s Blasphemy Case

Posted August 20th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the Interior Ministry for a report about the arrest of a Christian girl with Down syndrome on blasphemy charges for allegedly desecrating religious text. Down syndrome is a genetic condition that is associated with mental retardation. Reports on the girl’s age vary from 11 years old to her […]

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