Imam Accused of Planting Burned Pages of Quran in Christian Girl's Backpack
The mentally disabled teenager faced the death penalty when she was charged with blasphemy for the pages
The case against a Pakistani Christian girl potentially facing a death sentence for allegedly burning sacred Islamic texts has been thrown into doubt after her local mullah was arrested on accusations of tampering with evidence in order to frame her.
Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti appeared in court on Sunday after witnesses claimed to have seen him adding pages of the Qur'an to a bag of ashes Rimsha Masih had been carrying away for disposal last month in order to strengthen the case against her.
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Good. Can we stone him to death now?
Why waste good weed on a jerk like mullah Chishti.