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Sunday, September 9, 2012

The Christian accused of blasphemy in Pakistan was released from prison

The Pakistani Christian girl accused of having desecrated the Quran on Saturday went by helicopter from prison in the remaining three weeks, as a minister and an AFP photographer. "She came out of jail, was transported by helicopter to a place where it will remain safe with her family, "he told AFP Paul Bhatti , Pakistani Minister for National Harmony , responsible for relations between the Muslim majority and minorities. An AFP photographer saw the helicopter out of jail Rawalpind. Pakistani TV channels showed images of the teenager (with her face covered by a handkerchief) being moved in a armored vehicle from the prison building to the helicopter. A Pakistani judge on Friday approved therelease on bail of the young, Rimsha Masih . Rimsha, a young illiterate about 14 years old according to doctors who examined her, was arrested three weeks ago, after being accused by residents of the neighborhood popular in which you reside, on the outskirts of Islamabad, to burn some papers containing verses of the Quran, a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in Pakistan. The case turned over last weekend when police arrested the imam of the mosque near the residence of the young Christian and accused him of having introduced himself in the pages of the Quran burning leaves a neighbor brought him to "expel" the Christians of the neighborhood. Rimsha was supported by one of major associations of Pakistan Muslim dignitaries and a minister. Vatican, France and the United States were concerned about their fate.

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