Blasphemy [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir : sentenced to death over a cup of water / / Asia Bibi ; with Anne-Isabelle Tollet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453776203321
• Autore: Bibi Asia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Ill., : Chicago Review Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-61374-890-6
• Edizione: [First US]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TolletAnne-Isabelle
• Disciplina: 200
• Soggetti: Religious discrimination - Pakistan - History - 21st century; Christian women - Pakistan; Christian biography - Pakistan; Women death row inmates - Pakistan; Death row inmates - Pakistan; Blasphemy (Islam); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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