06 January 2011

The Pope Is Furious

.... Bibi’s tale of religious intolerance, injustice and outright persecution and violence is not an anomaly. As Muhammad Salim, one of the Muslim clerics responsible for having Bibi locked away, stated: “Any Muslim, if given the chance, would kill such a person” as Bibi.

To the outside observer, the hatred among many Pakistanis for Bibi is astonishing. Across Pakistan, hard-line clerics have promised riots and protests if the president releases Bibi.

One cleric in nearby Peshawar has offered 500,000 rupees, about $6,000, to the person who kills Bibi, should she be released from jail by the federal government. [theTrumpet.com] Read more [via National Secular Society]