Rimsha Masih (Urdu: رمشا مسیح — some early reports used the first name "Rifta" or "Riftah") is a Pakistani girl [1] from Islamabad,[2] who was arrested by the Pakistani police on blasphemy charges in August 2012 when she was 14 years old.[3] The alleged charges included desecrating pages of the Quran (or a book containing verses from the Quran) by burning[4][5]—a crime punishable by death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.[6] She is a member of Pakistan's Christian minority.[6]
Two weeks after her arrest, the local imam who had reported her to police was arrested on suspicion of planting pages of religious texts in Rimsha's bag.[7][8][9] Rimsha was eventually acquitted of all charges.[10] In mid 2013 after months of hiding, Rimsha and her family were able to escape to Canada.[11]
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