In 2009, the farm worker and mother of five from the small town of Itan Wali was arrested for blasphemy over an argument with some Muslim co-workers who allegedly claimed they couldn't drink from a cup she had touched, as her Christian faith contaminated it. She was accused of making offensive comments about the prophet Muhammad in the ensuing argument, in response to claims she should convert to Islam.

Bibi was subsequently beaten and allegedly raped at her home, during which her attackers coerced a blasphemy confession out of her. She was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to death by hanging. The case quickly garnered international attention, with groups such as the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) fighting on her behalf.

In October, the Supreme Court of Pakistan overturned Bibi's conviction and authorized her immediate release. "Blasphemy is a serious offence but the insult of the appellant's religion and religious sensibilities by the complainant party and then mixing truth with falsehood in the name of the holy prophet Muhammad ... was also not short of being blasphemous," Judge Asif Saeed Khan Khosa wrote... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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