Today our friends at Compass Direct are reporting on another case of a Christian who has been accused of "blasphemy" after a dispute playing billiards.
Sajid Inayat, who is only 20 years old, was accused of burning the quran. Here are more details...
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 22 (CDN) — Police in Pakistan have charged a young Christian man with “blasphemy” after he had an argument with Muslims over a billiards game in Punjab Province’s Sheikhupura district, his cousin said.
Manzoor told Compass by telephone that his cousin had been falsely accused because he had had an argument with some local Muslim boys over a billiards game just two days before the alleged incident.
Farooqabad Police arrested Sajid Inayat, 20, on Friday (May 18) and charged him with desecrating the Quran under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws after area young men accused him of setting on fire “holy pages” placed in a box on an electricity pole, Irfan Manzoor said.
Inayat was charged under Section 295-B, which makes willful desecration of the Quran or use of an extract in a derogatory manner punishable with life imprisonment.
“Sajid was heading to his shop [of construction material and scrap] on Friday morning when he came across the Muslim boys with whom he had a squabble the other day,” Manzoor said. “The boys accused Sajid of setting fire to a box fixed on a nearby pole … He asked them why he would do such a thing, but on their constant prodding, he dared them to do whatever they wanted and walked away.”...
There are no witnesses to the charges made against Inayat, he said.
“The allegation leveled against him is baseless and stems from a personal grudge,” he said.
Please pray that the truth would come out and that true justice would be done for this Christian brother of ours. You can read the full story here.
