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Afghanistan/South Asia
Christian jailed for 7 years for blasphemy
2005-02-24
Chishtian Civil Judge Muhammad Ashraf Bhatti on Wednesday sentenced Bashir Masih, 30, to seven years rigorous imprisonment on charges of desecrating the Quran. Bashir can file an appeal against the judgement within 30 days in the Lahore High Court. A court official alleged that Bashir Masih was a magician cum exorcist and police had caught him tearing a copy of the Quran in Chak No 109/Fateh in Bahawalnagar district last year. Bashir was tried under Section 295-B of the Blasphemy Law. The convict confessed to the crime, saying tearing the Quran was part of the magic he was doing.
Posted by:tipper

#11  uh huh - it's Lent and I've given him (HWSNBN) up. Doesn't stop me from noting a similarity. Jesus said so
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-24 7:55:50 PM  

#10  Do you mean Adonis, the Greek?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-02-24 7:49:58 PM  

#9  nice pic - is that he-who-should-not-be-named, pre-post-adolescence fat phase?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-24 7:17:54 PM  

#8  Muhammad Ashraf Bhatti

Bhatti - - Last name pronounced BATTY? How appropriate.
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-24 7:07:13 PM  

#7  I am not kidding... C-17s loaded with toliet paper with korans printed on it and dumped over the Pak frontier regions will keep hundreds of thousands busy saving each and every floating sheet instead of protecting Osama.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-02-24 6:14:28 PM  

#6  He was showing off that trick with a single hair "magically" pulling the torn paper.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-02-24 12:08:35 PM  

#5  Tearing the quran is magic?

Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-02-24 12:03:25 PM  

#4  "All I said was 'that piece of halibut was good enough for Mohammed'".

*gasp* "You're only making it worse for yourself!"

"Making it worse?! How could it be worse?! Mohammed! Mohammed! Mohammed!"
Posted by: BH   2005-02-24 10:12:23 AM  

#3  Chishtian, Punjab Province, Pakistan.
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-24 9:56:59 AM  

#2  "Chishtian"

Is it a typo or a ... I dunno. I'm not overly familiar with the region.
Posted by: eLarson   2005-02-24 9:51:41 AM  

#1  I'm confused. Where's the "Christian" part, other than in the headline?
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-02-24 9:46:38 AM  

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