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Blasphemy : The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water

by Asia Bibi
₱449.55
Blasphemy : The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water - Thryft
Blasphemy : The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water - Thryft

Title appeal: Blasphemy: A story of unjust persecution

This book is a powerful account of the unjust persecution and imprisonment of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. It provides a harrowing insight into the dangerous religious tensions and violence that still exist in parts of the world today. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in human rights issues or looking to understand the complexities of religion in the modern world.

Blasphemy : The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water

by Asia Bibi
₱449.55
ISBN: 9781844088881
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: ₱1,311.30
Authors: Asia Bibi
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 411 readers)

Description

Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45 and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It's exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up a cup and takes a long drink of cool water. She refills the cup, drinks some more and then offers it to another woman. Suddenly one of her fellow workers cries out that the water belongs to the Muslim women and that with her actions, Asia - who is Christian - has contaminated it. An argument ignites and in an instant, with one word, Asia's fate is sealed. 'Blasphemy!' someone shouts. In Pakistan this is a charge punishable by death. First attacked by a mob, Asia was soon after thrown into prison and then sentenced to be hanged. Since then she has been kept in a windowless cell. Her family have had to flee their village, under threat from vengeful extremists. In the wave of accusation that followed, only two public figures came to Asia's defence: the Muslim governor of the Punjab and Pakistan's Christian Minister for Minorities. Both have since been brutally murdered. Here, in equal measures shocking and inspiring, Asia Bibi, who has become a symbol for everyone concerned with ending the violence committed in the name of religion, bravely speaks to us from her prison cell.
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Title appeal: Blasphemy: A story of unjust persecution

This book is a powerful account of the unjust persecution and imprisonment of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. It provides a harrowing insight into the dangerous religious tensions and violence that still exist in parts of the world today. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in human rights issues or looking to understand the complexities of religion in the modern world.