Christianity Today – Today, Jan. 29, the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld its decision to acquit Asia Bibi.
In one of the most high-profile Christian persecution cases in the past decade, Bibi spent eight years in prison convicted of blasphemy against the (founder if Islam) Muhammad—which is a crime punishable by death in the Islamic Republic—until the Supreme Court rejected her conviction last October.
The acquittal stated that while “blasphemy is a serious offense,” truth tainted with “falsehood” could not be the basis for her conviction in a lower trial court. A review petition was filed the next day by the local cleric who levied the allegations against Bibi in the first place, Muhammad Salaam.
