Christians and Muslims in Pakistan worked together to get basphemy charges dropped against a nine-year-old Pakistani Christian boy.
The boy, Izhan and his mother, Shakil, a nurse from Quetta, were accused six days ago of burning pages of the Quran.
The police were called in and the mother and child imprisoned.
This led to protests by local Christian and Muslim leaders and politicians, and the charges [were] quashed.
The political party Jamait Ulema Islam, or Assembly of Islamic Clergy, played a key role in freeing the two Christians from jail...
The boy, Izhan and his mother, Shakil, a nurse from Quetta, were accused six days ago of burning pages of the Quran.
The police were called in and the mother and child imprisoned.
This led to protests by local Christian and Muslim leaders and politicians, and the charges [were] quashed.
The political party Jamait Ulema Islam, or Assembly of Islamic Clergy, played a key role in freeing the two Christians from jail...
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