Burning the Quran: Man given life setence

Ameen told court he was implicated wrongly, he contended a prosecution witness had illicit relations with his wife.

LAHORE: A man found guilty of burning a copy of the Holy Quran was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by Additional District and Sessions Judge Hamid Hussain. According to the prosecution, complainant Naseer Ahmed had seen Muhammad Ameen burning pages of the Quran at his home. Five prosecution witnesses recorded statements against Ameen. On the other hand Ameen had told the court that he was implicated wrongly. He contended that a prosecution witness, Zahid, had illicit relations with his wife. He also said that Ahmed and Zahid were staunch Deobandis and unfair to him and other Shias.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2012.