They hate you because of me - Christian Bashir Masih, age 30, was sentenced to seven years in jail under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
Qaiser Felix reports for AsiaNews that Masih was accused of tearing pages out of a copy of the Qu'ran and writing spells upon them for the purpose of some occult practice.
According to local police, Mr Masih confessed to the deed. However, doubts remain as to how the confession was obtained. Past experience shows that many blasphemy accusations were unfounded.
Masih’s case is but the latest in a long series of victims—both Christian and Muslim—of the country’s blasphemy laws, namely articles 295 B and C of Pakistan’s Penal Code.
