The girl is accused of burning pages from a booklet used to teach Arabic and the Qur'an. Under the Pakistan Penal Code, she could get life in prison. Police saved her from an enraged mob that tried to kill her, but more than 300 families fled their homes fearing more violence. Paul Bhatti calls for calm.
In the month of fasting, a popular show broadcasts the conversion of a 20 year old Hindu. In five minutes he embraces the faith of Mohammed. His former employer: all staged. Protests of Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Ahmadis. The Dawn warns such episodes increase the "marginalization" of minorities.
In a seminar held in Islamabad, participants discuss reserved quotas for non-Muslims and voting systems. Christians, Hindus and others want more seats and dual voting. Paul Bhatti is against reserved quotas, favours instead "attachment to the nation" and "service to the fatherland". Short of that, he calls for an effective system.
Some 3,000 people, mostly madrassa students, set fire to Ghulam Abbas for ripping some pages of the Qur'an. The victim was mentally disabled. The silence of the authorities and police is upsetting, Christian activist says.
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