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"We Christians should all leave Pakistan. Can you get us all visas?" said the father of Manzoor Masih.
#Basphemy
On 11 May 1993, a prayer leader of a mosque in Kot Ladha, near Gujranwala( Punjab) lodged a complaint that three Christians ...
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!["We Christians should all leave Pakistan. Can you get us all visas?" said the father of Manzoor Masih. #BasphemyOn 11 May 1993, a prayer leader of a mosque in Kot Ladha, near Gujranwala( Punjab) lodged a complaint that three Christians ...[1]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E07eM5cXsAU5oKg.jpg "\"We Christians should all leave Pakistan. Can you get us all visas?\" said the father of Manzoor Masih. #BasphemyOn 11 May 1993, a prayer leader of a mosque in Kot Ladha, near Gujranwala( Punjab) lodged a complaint that three Christians ...[1]")
#Basphemy
On 11 May 1993, a prayer leader of a mosque in Kot Ladha, near Gujranwala( Punjab) lodged a complaint that three Christians ...
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... - Salamat Masih, 11, Manzoor Masih, 38, and Rehmat Masih, 44, for writing blasphemous remarks on a wall belonging to a mosque. Police arrested them under blasphemy charges. Whereas the family received death threats.
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![... - Salamat Masih, 11, Manzoor Masih, 38, and Rehmat Masih, 44, for writing blasphemous remarks on a wall belonging to a mosque. Police arrested them under blasphemy charges. Whereas the family received death threats.[2]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E07eT6xXIAA6aLl.jpg "... - Salamat Masih, 11, Manzoor Masih, 38, and Rehmat Masih, 44, for writing blasphemous remarks on a wall belonging to a mosque. Police arrested them under blasphemy charges. Whereas the family received death threats.[2]")
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It is said that the actual quarrel between Salamat and 8-years old Muslim boy began over some pigeons, the boy then told village elders that he had seen Salamat Masih writing blasphemous remarks on the mosque wall.
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Father of Salamat: "A few days after Salamat was accused, around 100 Muslims came with torches and tried to burn our house down. They said that if we wanted to save Salamat and the others, we all had to convert to Islam. We would rather die."
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![Father of Salamat: "A few days after Salamat was accused, around 100 Muslims came with torches and tried to burn our house down. They said that if we wanted to save Salamat and the others, we all had to convert to Islam. We would rather die."[4]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E07edKiXMAEK_1N.jpg "Father of Salamat: \"A few days after Salamat was accused, around 100 Muslims came with torches and tried to burn our house down. They said that if we wanted to save Salamat and the others, we all had to convert to Islam. We would rather die.\"[4]")
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“Every Muslim who believes and has faith should be happy about the decision,” lawyer Ismail Qureshi of the Anjuman Khatme Nabuwat organization said
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In 1994, while leaving the court, they were shot by three assailants riding on a motorbike. Manzoor died on the spot, while the other two were injured. The three assailants were arrested several days later, but they were released soon.
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Later on, Salamat and Rehmat were sentenced to death by the court, but the high court later acquitted them. In 1997, Arif Iqbal Bhatti, one of the two judges who had acquitted them, was assassinated in his chamber for his decision.
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"I'm a poor labourer. How can I protect my son? We are helpless ... Salamat must go away - leave the country. It is better, even if we never see him again." Said Alladitaa Masih.
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And at the end, both Salamat Masih and Rehmat Masih had to leave their country for the "crime" which was never committed.
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On the other hand, Maulana Samiul Haq of Jamat-Ulema-Islamic party: "By freeing the Christians, the court had invited the anger of Allah down on the 120 million Muslims of this country".
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Few other things that I haven't mentioned in this thread:
-Protests
-Role of Asma Jahangir
-Attacks on Asma Jahangir
-Protests
-Role of Asma Jahangir
-Attacks on Asma Jahangir
