Story of Asia Bibi,, Her Death Sentence Has been Overturned!

Asia Bibi spent almost 10 years on death row.

Nov. 08, 2018 | Pakistan

Supreme Court Overturns Asia Bibi's Conviction and Death Sentence

Please pray for Asia Bibi

Steve Bloem"I have been praying for her for many years."

CChristians around the world are rejoicing at the news that Asia Bibi’s blasphemy conviction and death sentence have been overturned after nine and a half years in prison. Pakistan’s Supreme Court announced its ruling on Oct. 31, after reviewing her appeal several weeks earlier. The Court’s ruling is highly controversial in this conservative Muslim nation; in addition to widespread protests, two churches have already been attacked. Pray for Christians throughout Pakistan in the aftermath of this ruling. Praise God for this result, and continue to pray for Asia and her family.

Who is Asia Bibi

Asia Bibi is a Pakistani Christian and mother of five.  She helped feed and support her family by working in fields picking berries, working alongside Muslim women in Punjab province.  Asia’s was one of three Christian families in a town of 1,500 Muslim families.  As many readers can imagine, the Christians lived, and continue to live, with constant abuse, harassment, and threats.

One day while working in the field, Asia became thirsty.  She walked to a well and drank some water from a small metal cup set nearby.  A Muslim women saw her do this and spread the word among the other Muslims in the field.  As a kafir, Asia was not allowed to drink from the same place as Muslims drink using the same cup they use.  As a kafir, she was considered filth, and the cup was now tainted.

The Muslim women in the field surrounded Asia, verbally abused her, and insisted she convert to Islam immediately.  Asia said, as she had said so many times before: “Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.  He died on the cross for me.”  The Muslim women became enraged.  That evening, a mob of Muslims converged on Asia’s house, where they beat her and her family.

Eventually the police arrived and put her in prison to protect her from the mob.  Shortly thereafter, the police arrested her after discovering that she had committed blasphemy.  Because Pakistani courts follow sharia law, a non-Muslim’s testimony carries half the weight as that of a Muslim.  As a result, Asia couldn’t adequately defend herself.  (The crime of blasphemy is so grave that reporters refused to repeat her testimony for fear they would be accused of blasphemy.)

For more on the history of Asia Bibi please go https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/who_is_asia_bibi_and_why_should_we_care.html