VOA标准英语2012--Christian Pakistani Accused of Blasphemy Out on Bail
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Christian 1 Pakistani Accused of Blasphemy 2 Out on Bail 3
Supporters of 14-year-old Rimsha Masih, believed to be mentally impaired 4, gathered outside the courtroom to wait for the news.
Masih has spent three weeks in jail. Her release, lawyer Raja Akram Amin said, showed the justice system in Pakistan worked.
“The investigating lawyer is also a Muslim, so he said she is a victim, so you can see the degree of fairness and transparency, we believe in the judicial 5 system, our judicial system is very independent,” Amin said.
Masih was arrested after a mob gathered outside her house here, accusing her of burning pages of the Quran.
Terrified, her family and other Christian families have fled. Under Pakistan’s blasphemy law, defacing the Quran carries the death penalty.
Religious advocate Sajid Ishaq, a Christian, as well as Muslim clerics, led the call for Masih’s release. Ishaq says he hopes this interfaith cooperation will continue.
“I think we can prevent such cases in the future,” Ishaq said.
But others are not optimistic. Scared for their lives, Christians 6 who left their village are hiding in this Islamabad slum.
Masih’s parents have reportedly taken refuge in the German embassy.
Mumtaz Masih, who is not related to Rimsha Masih, ran away with his family. He does not think young Rimsha is safe.
“She is not safe here. These people are going to kill her. They did not spare us, what are they going to do to her?,” Masih said.
He doesn’t feel safe either.
“We are also afraid and we don’t want to go back to our neighborhood,” Masih said.
Those accused of blasphemy have been killed by mobs before. Christians are only about 5 percent of the population in Pakistan, and tend to be among the poorest.
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
- You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
- Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。