LAHORE, Pakistan, September 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – The three young children of a Christian couple jailed on baseless charges of desecrating the Koran in Lahore, Pakistan last week have no relatives to care for them and are extremely upset, a rights advocate said.
Shaukat Masih, 33, and his 28-year-old wife Kiran have been in judicial custody since Saturday (Sept. 9) after Muslims in the Dogaij Chowki area of Harbanspura, Lahore accused them of desecrating the Koran when pages of the Muslim scripture fell from their rooftop – even though neither of them were home at the time, said Nasir Jameel of advocacy group the Living Water Society.
The children, ages 13, 9 and 7, are now living with another Christian family, he said.
“I tried hard to persuade Kiran’s brother to take custody of the three children from the police, but he flatly refused,” Jameel told Morning Star News. “He said he had cut off relations with his sister over a family…
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