{"id":31521,"date":"2018-10-31T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=31521"},"modified":"2018-10-31T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:08:05","slug":"a-new-dawn-for-asia-bibi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/10\/31\/a-new-dawn-for-asia-bibi\/","title":{"rendered":"A NEW DAWN FOR ASIA BIBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good news!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remember Asia Bibi? The Pakistani Catholic mother of five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010? She has been proved innocent and set free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court this morning (Wednesday, 31<sup>st<\/sup> October) overturned the death sentence hanging over the Catholic labourer from Punjab who in 2010 became the first woman in the country condemned to death for blasphemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking within a few minutes of the announcement today, Asia Bibi\u2019s daughter, Eisham Ashiq, 18 told ACN: \u201cI am so happy. I want to thank God\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking through an interpreter, she said, \u201cThis is the most wonderful moment. I can\u2019t wait to hug my mother and then celebrate with my family. I am grateful to God for listening to our prayers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Asia Bibi\u2019s husband, Ashiq Masih, said: \u201cWe are very happy. This is wonderful news. We thank God very much that he\u2019s heard our prayers \u2013 and the prayers of so many people who have longed for Asia Bibi\u2019s release over all these years of suffering and anguish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Close family friend Joseph Nadeem said that on hearing the news the family immediately \u201cdanced for joy\u201d. He added: \u201cThere were many tears \u2013 tears of indescribable joy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Director of ACN Malta, Stephen Axisa says \u201cFinally justice has prevailed. However, we must emphasize that it took years of prayers, campaign, appeal and support. 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