Day: September 2, 2016

[Note:  March 5, 2020— Masih had been acquitted of the crime in 2018 due to years of international media attention about the case.]

View a 2011 CNN news report about a Pakistani court sentencing a mother of three Asia Bibi Masih to her death for Insulting Islam.  She stated in front of others that she thought Mohammad was a fake prophet, which led to her being arrested, jailed for 15 months, and then sentenced to death.  Her husband and daughters were also forced to flee their village due to death threats.

Footage is then shown of Christian settlements being attacked by mobs of Muslims due to Pakistani blasphemy laws, which the government claims haven’t changed due to fears of a backlash.

Also shown is most people in Asia Bibi’s hometown supporting the death sentence, with the town cleric calling her death sentence “one the happiest moments of his life,” saying “tears of joy poured from my eyes.”

View a BBC news segment interviewing a woman who was suspended for showing up for her first day of work as a teacher at a Church of England school wearing a full body burka.

Mardoquo Sincal Jochola, a man who immigrated to the United States from Guatemala with his brother eight years ago, died after randomly being punched in the head by an unidentified black man in Philadelphia, most likely because of a “knockout game” where thrill-seekers ambush unsuspecting victims with the goal of knocking them out.  The attacker and his accomplices fled the scene.

Following is a summary of this Daily Mail UK article: 

Also see a 2013 ABC News report: “Sucker Punch: Possible Spike in ‘Knockout Game’ Attacks”

View a 2013 ABC news report about a trend of mostly black males randomly punching people in the street as a part of a thrill-seeking “knockout game” with the goal being to knock out the unsuspecting victims.

Hillary Clinton gave a Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang the State Department’s “Medal of Arts” and a $200,000 award for blowing up a Christmas tree in front of the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC in 2012, and when she presented him with the award she said it was advancing “diplomacy.”