Islamic groups in Pakistan support Christian girl on blasphemy charge

ISLAMABAD: Islamic leaders in Pakistan have come out in support of a Christian girl with learning difficulties who is being held in prison, in an unprecedented public denunciation of the blasphemy law by hardline mullahs.

Rimsha, 11, whose family says she has Down syndrome, was charged this month with desecrating the Koran. The case has shocked the country's Christian population. Rimsha's own community, who were living in a poor Christian-Muslim enclave in Islamabad, were driven out of their homes by a crowd.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/islamic-groups-in-pakistan-support-christian-girl-on-blasphemy-charge-20120828-24yur.html

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