Asia Bibi case - who is the real culprit!!

What are we coming to as humans? Are we really so blind as to not notice who the real culprits are? Pakistan’s Asia Bibi – a Christian – has been tried, found guilty of blasphemy and been sentenced to death. As I write, the latest coming in from Pakistan is that she is likely to receive a Presidential pardon. In June last year, Asia Bibi, a poor laborer was working in the fields with some Muslim women when a petty quarrel erupted. Asia fetched water for the other women but some of them refused it because a Christian (Asia Bibi) had touched it. In the ensuing row, Asia is ‘alleged’ to have insulted the Prophet. A local Mullah, who was not even present during these altercations filed a blasphemy case against her.
Now, as a human, I see a clear case, not against Asia, but against the women who refused to take water from her because she is Christian. They have displayed the most blatant religious prejudice, something which is a punishable crime in all evolved societies. Yet, for Pakistan, this angle hasn’t even registered on its collective conscience. What a shame!