Asia Bibi Shares How God Sustained Her while on Death Row

A Pakistani Christian who spent almost a decade on death row for accusations of blasphemy spoke to an international gathering on religious freedom this week. Asia Bibi addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit and told them how her ordeal transformed her from an “ordinary Christian” into a bold Christian who passionately stands up for her faith and her suffering brothers and sisters.

Bibi’s ordeal began in 2009 when a group of women accused her of making their water supply “impure.” Christians are considered impure, and she was drinking from the same bucket as her co-workers. An argument ensued, and someone reported her to a Muslim cleric, accusing her of insulting the Prophet Muhammad.