ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (Worthy News)– Pakistani police detained and interrogated a mentally challenged Christian girl for allegedly burning pages of the Koran, seen as a holy book by Muslims, amid mounting international concern about Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, an advocacy group said Friday, June 19.
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