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The forces that made nationalism a crisis in the West will go global The Muslim Council of Britain said in a tweet: “There are unfounded media reports that Pakistani national Asia Bibi is being denied asylum into the UK because of concerns from British Muslims. |
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Sayeeda Warsi told the House of Lords: “There have been press reports that
Asia Bibi, if granted asylum in the United Kingdom, would potentially
not be safe from some communities here … As someone who is deeply
connected to British Muslim communities, I assure her that they are
fully supportive of any asylum claim that Asia Bibi may have and that
our country may afford her, and that she would be supported as she would
be by all other communities in this country.”
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After Bibi’s acquittal, Islamic hardliners called for her and the judges in the case to be killed, and they mounted protests that brought cities to a standstill. Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has been accused of capitulating to their demands. The family of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy before being acquitted three weeks ago, claim they are being hunted by extremists going house to house with their photographs to try to track them down. |
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Bibi, a farm labourer, was accused by Muslim villagers of insulting the prophet Muhammad in a row over a cup of water. The supreme court judgment said there was no evidence to support the charge. |
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PM Imran, Wasim Akram headline Cricinfo's all-time World Cup XI | |||||||||||
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