'HANG THE INFIDEL!' - Islamic Insanity Rises Against Christian Woman in Pakistan

Hundreds of Islamist extremists rally in Pakistan to demand death sentence for Christian woman convicted of insulting Prophet Mohammed

Asia Bibi was put on death row in 2010 after being accused of blasphemy

in a row over a water container

By Gemma Mullin, The Sun

Asia Bibi was put on death row in 2010 after she was accused of blasphemy during a row over a water container by fellow farmworkers in the capital of Lahore.

Chritsian Asia Bibi was put on death row in 2010 after she was convicted of insulting Prophet Mohammed

Chanting "Hang infidel Asia," activists from the Tehreek-e-Labbaik party also rallied in other cities on Friday, threatening nationwide protests if authorities free the woman.

Pakistan's Supreme Court earlier this week postponed ruling on her final appeal and her lawyers are hopeful of an acquittal arguing she was falsely accused.

That decision has angered Islamists who want her to be publicly hanged - making her the first person to be executed for blasphemy in Pakistan.

Bibi's first appeal was dismissed by a Lahore High Court in 2014, but the Supreme Court stayed her execution in 2015.

Protesters marched with banners demanding Asia was hanged for 'insulting the Prophet Mohammed' EPA

Hundreds of Islamists are seen at a rally in Lahore, Pakistan, to pressure judges to uphold a death sentence

for a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy EPA

Her husband Ashiq Mesih, right, and their daughter Eisham Ashiq, speak during an interview

in London on Friday AFP OR LICENSORS

The charge against Bibi dates back to a hot day in 2009 when she went to get water for her and her fellow farmworkers.

Two Muslim women refused to take a drink from a container used by a Christian.

A few days later, a mob accused her of blasphemy and she was convicted and sentenced to death.

Bibi's lawyer, Saiful Malook, argued that the many contradictions in witnesses' statements tainted the evidence.

 In 2009 when Asia went to get water for her and her fellow farmworkers and the women refused to

share a drink from a container used by a Christian

The charge against Bibi dates back to a hot day in 2009 when she sipped from a Muslim woman's water bottle EPA

Supporters of a religious political party Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah shout slogans during a protest

against Christian woman Asia Bibi EPA

 Hundreds of Islamist extremists have rallied in Pakistan to demand the death sentence EPA

Supporters of a political party Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) gathered in Pakistan on Friday EPA

The two Muslim women who levelled the charges against Bibi denied they were quarrelling with her, saying her outbursts against Islam were unprovoked.

Yet several independent witnesses who gave statements recounted a cantankerous exchange between the women.

The prosecution's case centred mostly on religious texts that vilify those who make blasphemous statements.

Ahead of the hearing, Malook expressed optimism that he would win the last legal appeal for Bibi.

Activists want Asia to be hanged - it would be the first execution for blasphemy in Pakistan EPA

Hundreds of supporters of TLYR gathered in different Pakistani cities demanded the Supreme Court

of Pakistan to uphold the death sentence EPA

Activists rallied until dusk on Friday EPA

But if not, he planned to seek a review, which could take years to complete.

He said: "I am a 100 percent sure she will be acquitted. She has a very good case."

Bibi's case has generated international outrage, but within Pakistan it has fired up radical Islamists, who use the blasphemy law to rally supporters and intimidate mainstream political parties.

Members of Pakistan's religious minorities have campaigned against the law, which they say is invoked to justify attacks on them.

Saiful Malook, left, defense lawyer for Asia Bibi, leaves the Supreme court with a bodyguard in
Islamabad, Pakistan AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS

Asia Bibi, seen here in a file image from 2010, was put on death row

after she was accused of blasphemy AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS

For them, Bibi's case is seen as a watershed - and her husband recently travelled to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis.

Joseph Francis, an activist for Pakistan's Christians, said France, Spain and Germany have all offered to welcome Bibi should she be acquitted.

But Khadim Hussein Rizvi, the leader of a radical Islamist party, warned after the postponement that "no blasphemer will be able to escape punishment".

Neither will false accusers escape punishment. Asia, should the government give in to this hysterical mob, will go immediately into the presence of the living God. Her accusers and this hysterical mob who insists on her death will never have the privilege of seeing her again, ever. Nevertheless, please pray for her and her family.

I wonder if this is a political ploy to test Prime Minister Khan's commitment to Islam and Sharia? Or, is it just another of many examples of Islamic insanity and hysteria?