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Raheel Blasphemy: The Christian Post
Two years has gone by since a Muslim mob burned alive a Christian couple in a brick kiln in Pakistan, but justice still has not been served to the victims.
On Nov. 4, 2014, Shahzad Masih and his five month-pregnant wife Shama Bibi were attacked by hundreds of enraged Muslims who accused them of ripping out pages from a Quran. The Christian couple tried to escape the mob but they were later beaten and burned alive inside the same brick kiln they were working at, The Christian Post recounts.
Although reports say the lynching of the Christian couple stemmed from a blasphemy accusation, the Anglican Communion News Service presented a different angle in the story. Church of Pakistan member Raheel Sharoon said they were killed after a disagreement

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