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Blasphemy : a memoir : sentenced to death over a cup of water / Asia Bibi ; with Anne-Isabelle Tollet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bibi, Asia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious discrimination--Pakistan--History--21st century.
- Religious discrimination.
- Christian women--Pakistan--Biography.
- Christian women.
- Christian biography--Pakistan.
- Christian biography.
- Women death row inmates--Pakistan--Biography.
- Women death row inmates.
- Death row inmates--Pakistan--Biography.
- Death row inmates.
- Blasphemy (Islam).
- Bibi, Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- First US
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- <P style=""BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: "">In June 2009 a Pakistani mother of five, Asia Bibi, was out picking fruit in the fields. At midday she went to the nearest well, picked up a cup, and took a drink of cool water, and then offered it to another woman. Suddenly, one of her fellow workers cried out that the water belonged to Muslim women and that Bibi-who is Christian-had contaminated it. "Blasphemy!" someone shouted, a crime punishable by death in Pakistan. In that instant, with one word, Bibi's fate was sealed. First attacked by a m
- Contents:
- Front Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Foreword ; 1 - A Black Hole ; 2 - Blasphemy ; 3 - I Can No Longer See the Stars ; 4 - Death by Hanging ; 5 - The Christian Minister ; 6 - Happy Christmas ; 7 - The Pope's Message ; 8 - They Kill the Governor ; 9 - They Kill the Minister ; Afterword; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61374-890-6
- OCLC:
- 855504105
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