Let’s pray for the release of this sister in Christ, Asia Bibi. She was sentenced to death (hanging) in 2010 for insulting the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with Muslim women, which began over a cup of water. This is of course a very sad lie. The BBC says: Since the 1990s, scores of Christians have been convicted for desecrating the Koran or for blasphemy.

Let’s pray that she and the others would be released and that this Blasphemy Law would be abolished. By the way it was the present Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who introduced the Blasphemy Law during his rule in the 1990s.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37641354

A Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy has had her appeal adjourned after one of the judges refused to hear the case. The judge cited a possible conflict of interest in the case of Asia Bibi.

Hundreds of riot police had been deployed around the Supreme Court in the capital, Islamabad.

Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan - critics argue laws are frequently misused to settle personal scores, often targeting minorities.

Asia Bibi was the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws and her case is one of the most controversial. Asia Bibi has been on death row for nearly five years

She was sentenced to hang in 2010 for insulting the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with Muslim women which began over a cup of water. She denies the charge.

Thousands have protested against her and said they would kill her if she were ever released - including the imam in her own village. Her husband and four daughters live in hiding and say they have received many death threats.

Asia Bibi's death sentence had been confirmed by the High Court in Punjab province in October, although no date was set.