Asia Bibi, 47 years old and mother of five, remained in prison for a crime which she never committed, never even contemplated committing, but she fell prey to religious extremists who always misuse religion against the poor Christian community in the Central Punjab. I am witness to the agonies of this Christian community living in […]
352SharesAsia Noreen, a Roman Catholic, was born and raised in Ittan Wali, a small village 50 miles from Lahore. As a young woman she married Ashiq Masih a brick labourer who had three children from a previous marriage; Asia Bibi bore two more. She herself worked as a farmhand both before and after her marriage […]
663SharesIn 2009, Aasiya Noreen, more commonly known as Asia Bibi drank water from a bowl which had belonged to fellow workers in a berry field. That led to an argument because the women considered it a blasphemy that a Christian had drunk from the bowl of a Muslim. Soon enough, the uproar led to a […]