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March 4, 2010

Christian Couple touches Koran with Dirty Hands; Gets 25 Years in Prison

Fareed Khan

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A court in Kasur district, Punjab, convicted a Christian couple, Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi, to 25 years in prison. According to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), Judge Ajmal Hussein convicted the couple for touching the Koran without washing their hands.
 
Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi were released on bail last January, but were re-arrested after the judge ruled against them. The husband was locked up in Kasur’s district prison; the wife was sent to the women’s prison in Multan. Both have started serving 25 years behind bars.
 
CLAAS, an association that fights for the rights of the poor and marginalized, said that the couple was accused of “contaminating” the Koran when they touched it “without washing their hands.”
 
The incident, which dates back to December 2008, unleashed the fury of Muslim extremists who put pressure on police. Unconfirmed reports suggest that extremists paid off police agents to discover “new evidence” to justify the sentence.
 
At the end of the police investigation, husband and wife were charged with blasphemy.
The blasphemy law is the harshest tool for religious repression available in Pakistan. It was adopted in 1986 by then dictator Zia ul-Haq to protect Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, from attacks and insults.
 
In fact, it is actually comprised of sections 295-B and 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which respectively punish with life in prison anyone who defiles, damages or desecrates a copy of the Holy Koran, and imposes the death penalty on anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad.
 
In the last two months, there were two more convictions against Christians in Pakistan.
On January 11th, a court in Faisalabad sentenced Imran Masih, a 26-year-old Christian man, to life imprisonment for insulting and desecrating the Koran. He was accused of deliberately burning Koranic verses and an Arabic book in order “foment interfaith hatred and hurt the feelings of Muslims.”
 
On 25 February, a court in Karachi sentenced Qamar David, also a Christian, to life imprisonment for hurting the religious feelings of Muslims when he sent blasphemous SMS.
 
CLAAS announced that it was filing an appeal with the High Court in Lahore to have the 25-year sentence against Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi overturned.
 
FamilySecuritymatters.org Contributing Editor Fareed Khan is a journalist specializing in Pakistan who writes for AsiaNews.it

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It is interesting that islam requires laws to protect their written religious writing whereas the Bible declares itself as the Word which shall stand no matter what man does to it. Jesus stated that heaven and earth would pass away before the words of the Bible. Let man do what he wants, he cannot change truth. Christianity does not force itself on others, but allows, as God intended, for mankind to choose whether they wish to repent and accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. What a difference!

posted by: Artaxerxes
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:11 AM

This yet another case out of the muslim nuthouse.It is always astonishing to see what this "religion", does to the brains of its adherents. To imprison someone for touching a book with unwashed hands, is itself a mockery of justice, and a crime!

posted by: rom
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:44 AM

I wonder what they would do to me...
I wipe my arse with it!!

posted by: Infadel Chris
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 01:56 PM

I'm not sure if it is the left or right hand that is the hand that does the shaking, but the other hand is the hand that,,ya know,,,does the shaking!! wonder what the rule is about holding the koran with the hand that does the business,,lol,, wonder what the rules are about that. from what I understand about the culture, you can really offend someone there sticking out the wrong "nasty hand"to say hello. Thank You God for sending your Son, all these rules, I'd never make it, the 10 are hard enough, and the greatest is LOVE. Poor people they have no love.

posted by: courtnye
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 02:08 PM

Strange to me that this prophets' book is so weak and petty that dirty hands will hurt it. The Bible can be burned, thrown, spit upon, cursed, and yes touched with dirty hands and yet it remains unharmed. For myself I prefer a strong book such as the Bible that stands up to all things.

posted by: ca
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 03:16 PM

"...for hurting the religious feelings of Muslims when he sent blasphemous SMS."

Now we wouldn't want to hurt the poor, poor Muslim's feelings would we? We know how kind, warm and sensitive they are...

posted by: Thorum
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 08:32 PM

why are you guyz relating this sentence with Islam and Quran!!
i do not know what intention those Christians had by touching Quran,,,,,but one thing is for sure that Quran is same is it was 1500 years ago because we know how to save and preserve it.....go and check out your Bible,,,lol it keeps on changing!

posted by: shoaib
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 09:40 PM

Yet another reason to hate those filthy arselifters!

posted by: Gary Rumain
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:56 PM

It just shows how funadementally (sic) insecure these people are. If they believed in the strength of their religion it shouldn't matter who does what, their beliefs will prevail. Says everything for their caring and loving god ('g') doesn't it?

posted by: Pete C
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 03:49 AM

It is not just the islamists.
Now an airport chaplain (CofE?) has been "offended" by some cartoons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8549613.stm
Max. sentence could be 21 years imprisonment.

Meanwhile, priests raping children get "forgiven".
Can I make a claim that a priest's collar offends me and propagates misogyny?

posted by: gsw
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 06:29 AM

@gsw - Yes, I saw that yesterday. I think I'll start getting offended with crucifixes. After all, a graven image of a young Jewish man being executed is a bit nasty.

I've never read the Koran but if it's anything like the Bible it'll make a great smoke if you run out of rizlas :D

posted by: Alchemist
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 06:46 AM

Yo, shoaib. They should have burned the rotten thing and done us all a favor.

posted by: OregonBuzz
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 08:58 AM

According to Islam, the words of the Qur'an are sacred, not the book itself. Those muslims responsible for this conviction are guilty of idolatry.

posted by: Robert Wilson
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Can you buy it in WH Smiths?

I wonder if the printers that churn these out have to wear protective clothing so's not to damage it?!
LMAO

posted by: Mrs G
Friday, September 24, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Well the world doesnt evolve at the same time, this is just an example of how behind in intellectual evolution certain countries are. Fanatism will destroy, and unfortunately these Islamic countries won't contribute to world peace in any way. We'll have to wait centuries and centuries before we will be even and ready to become better. I just wish they;ll hurry up.

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