Wednesday 22nd August 2012

Can a girl reported to be as young as 11 commit blasphemy? And in Pakistan, where blasphemy is punishable by death, should the law even apply? Last week’s arrest of Rimsha Masih, a girl reported to have Down’s Syndrome, is re-igniting Pakistan’s national debate about religious freedom.

News of the arrest of Rimsha Masih, accused of burning parts of the Quran in Islamabad spread quickly over the weekend. As the news event rapidly unfolded, Open Doors News rounded up the wide number of news reports, selected the most useful information from each, and organized the material in a single report hosted at the website Storify.

To view the Open Doors Storify report, click here.