Tuesday, December 25, 2018

The First Christmas in Freedom of Asia Bibi: with Her Husband and Surrounded by Uncertainty

THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF ASIA BIBI IN NINE YEARS. IT IS NOT KNOW HOW SHE IS GOING TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND SHE IS NOT THE ONLY CHRISTIAN WHO SUFFERS FOR THIS



Las hijas de Asia Bibi, en la imagen, no van a ver a su madre en Navidad
 Daughters of Asia Bibi and husband 

By José Luis Restán, COPE

For Asia Bibi this will be her first Christmas in freedom in the last nine years, and it will be a bittersweet Christmas because she will spend it, together with her husband, in a secret place under the protection of the Pakistani government. At the moment she cannot enjoy with all her family reunited or start a new life free of threats, because she is waiting for the Supreme Court of Pakistan to examine, probably in January, the request to review the acquittal of the crime of blasphemy against her, established by the High Court on October 31. Asia Bibi’s lawyers are confident that her acquittal will be definitively confirmed and then the government will grant the entire family a visa to travel to one of the countries that have offered them asylum.

Let's not forget that meanwhile, Asia and her family are being targeted by Islamist fanatics. In fact it is not known how she will celebrate Christmas, if she will be able to attend Christmas Mass, or if a priest will be allowed to visit her so that she can receive the Sacrament of Penance and the Eucharist that she so much wishes.

In any case, the history of Asia Bibi has allowed the horrendous abuses committed under the umbrella of the blasphemy law to come to light, which continues to produce innocent victims in a country that radical Islamists consider "the land of the pure." A land where Christians are ready to celebrate Christmas under strict security measures; a country in which violence and hatred have not succeeded in extinguishing the testimony of Jesus who is reborn.

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