{"id":6074,"date":"2018-07-10T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:39:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T01:39:32","slug":"vomk-report-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2018\/07\/10\/vomk-report-16\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN PAKISTAN COMPLETES NINTH YEAR IN PRISON FOR HER FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”June marked the completion of nine years in prison for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman. In June 2009, Asia Bibi was accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammad and sentenced to death by hanging. Now, nine years later, Asia Bibi is still in prison and Christians around the world continue to appeal for her release.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6077″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1531988537514{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 8px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_class=”project-body”]\u201cBefore her arrest, Asia Bibi worked on the farm of a Muslim landowner named Mohammad Idrees,\u201d Voice of the Martyrs board chair Hyun Sook Foley explains. \u201cMany of the women she worked alongside were Muslims and they regularly pressured Asia Bibi to renounce Christianity and become Muslim. The women had an intense discussion about Islam. Asia Bibi responded, \u2018Christ died on the cross for our sins, what has Mohammad done for us?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

According to board chair Foley, the Muslim women were outraged by this and began to beat Asia Bibi. Then some men took and locked her in a room. Local police then arrested Asia Bibi. Seventeenth months later, she was convicted of violating Pakistan\u2019s blasphemy law and was sentenced to death by hanging.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the church around the world heard about Asia Bibi\u2019s situation, there was a global outcry on her behalf,\u201d board chair Foley explains. \u201cNow, nine years later, likely due in part to that continuing outcry, Asia Bibi remains alive.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”project-body”]According to\u00a0Premier News<\/a>, Asia Bibi\u2019s husband says, \u201cAsia believes she will be set free and her face is unquestionable, unshakeable! She is extremely proud of her Christian faith and would never deny God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board chair Foley says, \u201cAsia Bibi has been in prison for nine years, but God has used every second of that time to bring much-needed attention to the persecution being experienced by our brothers and sisters in Pakistan. Asia Bibi continues to be the voice of Christ in her prison, in her country, and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To learn more about the persecution facing Christians like Asia Bibi in Pakistan, read Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s Pakistan Country profile\u00a0[link to Pakistan Country profile]<\/strong>. You can also visit the Voice of the Martyrs Korea website (www.vomkorea.kr<\/strong><\/a>) to read the profiles of the more than 70 other countries around the world where Christians are persecuted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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