Posted on 01/27/2004 8:29:57 PM PST by miltonim
In an apparent attempt to settle an old grudge, a Pakistani man who converted to Islam several months ago has implicated a Christian acquaintance for alleged blasphemy.
The Christian, Anwer Masih, 30, was arrested on November 30 by police officials in Shadhra, an industrial town on the northern outskirts of Lahore.
Two days earlier, Masih chanced to meet a former neighbor who had become a Muslim about three months earlier and changed his name to Naseer Ahmad.
Since becoming a Muslim, Ahmad has lived in Muridke at the Markaz-e-Tayyabba madrassah, an Islamic school linked with the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyabba militant group.
According to local residents, Ahmad carried a grudge against Masih from an incident two years ago, when Ahmad (the Muslim man) was indicted for severely beating one of his Christian neighbors.
Shahzad “Gora” Masih, 23, went into a coma and still remains paralyzed from Ahmad’s beating.
Masih (the Christian) had angered Ahmad by encouraging the victim’s family to register a case against him, neighbors said.
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