24 June 2012

Desecration of Holy Quran: Accused shop owner blames ‘blasphemous voices’

.... “Please, don’t kill me,” he cries, when someone enters the room. For 34-year-old blasphemy accused Saleem Suleman, life, as he knew it, has completely changed.

He was taken to the police by his neighbours after being accused of desecrating the Holy Quran in his apartment in North Nazimabad, Karachi.

A case was lodged against him – the second blasphemy case in Karachi this year.

Suleman, who is from a moderately religious family, lives in Karachi, while his family resides in the United States. [The Express Tribune] Read more