A court has granted bail to Rimsha Masih, thought to be eleven, who was arrested under Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law accused of burning Islamic religious texts. A Muslim cleric has been arrested on suspicion of framing her.
A Muslim cleric has been arrested in Pakistan over allegations he framed a Christian girl to ensure her arrest under the country's anti-blasphemy law, a police official said today.
The girl, Rimsha Masih, was detained in August after she was accused by her Muslim neighbours of burning Islamic religious texts.
Rimsha's arrest caused controversy in Pakistan and abroad and sparked an exodus of Christians from the neighbourhood where she lived.
The cleric, Khalid Chishti, was arrested last night for allegedly hiding burned pages of the Koran in the girl's shopping bag in a bid to frame her, according to the Associated Press.
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