{"id":19101,"date":"2016-12-02T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=19101"},"modified":"2016-12-02T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T08:13:27","slug":"pakistan-muslim-extremists-sentenced-to-death-for-burning-christians-alive-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/12\/02\/pakistan-muslim-extremists-sentenced-to-death-for-burning-christians-alive-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN &#8211; Muslim extremists sentenced to death for burning Christians alive &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PAKISTAN &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Muslim extremists sentenced to death for burning Christian<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><strong> alive<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An anti-terror court in Pakistan has sentenced to death Muslim extremists convicted of\u00a0 killing a Christian couple by burning them alive. Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama Bibi who was five months pregnant\u00a0were killed after being accused of blasphemy for burning pages of the Koran. The murders sparked national outrage and the case was moved to the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>Killers Imam Hafiz Ishtiaq, Mehdi Khan, Riaz Kambo, Irfan Shakoor and Muhammad Hanif were fined \u00a31,600 each and sentenced to death by Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Azam for inciting violence and throwing the couple into the kiln.\u00a0Another eight men \u2013 Muhammad Hussain, Noorul Hasan, Muhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Muneer, Muhammad Ramazan, Irfan and Hafiz Shahid \u2013 were jailed for two years and fined.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 people were originally charged under Pakistan\u2019s Anti-Terrorism Act for \u201cthe use or threat of action \u2026 to coerce and intimidate or overawe the Government or the public \u2026 or create a sense of fear or insecurity in society\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>No execution date has been decided and it could be years before the death sentence is carried out, if at all.\u00a0Riaz Anjum, from the Voice Society which represented Shama\u2019s father, Mukhtar Masih, said: \u201cAlthough several of the suspects were acquitted after statements by Shahzad\u2019s brothers, still five have received the punishment of death, which is an extraordinary step by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British Pakistani Christian Association is now trying to move Shama\u2019s father to a safe house.\u00a0He is the guardian of his daughter\u2019s surviving three children and the family has received death threats and abuse in the wake of the court case.<\/p>\n<p>Shahzad\u2019s sister-in-law Parveen Bibi said that Shahzad\u2019s late father Nazar \u201cused to do black magic\u201d with amulets containing verses from the Koran.\u00a0He \u00a0had died a week before and Shama was reportedly going through his belongings. She burnt the papers and\u00a0threw the ashes onto the rubbish heap. Mrs Bibi said Shama did not mean to disrespect Islam as she was illiterate and had no idea what the amulets contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, passers-by recognised the text and a mob of 600 people soon surrounded the property.\u00a0The couple were beaten to near death by the mob which included the local imam and then thrown into the kiln at the brick factory where they worked in Kot Radha Kishan 37 miles south of Lahore. A post-mortem report found the couple were still alive when they were thrown into the kiln.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAKISTAN &#8211;\u00a0Muslim extremists sentenced to death for burning Christians alive &nbsp; An anti-terror court in Pakistan has sentenced to death Muslim extremists convicted of\u00a0 killing a Christian couple by burning them alive. 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