 | | Location: Pakistan
Arrested: July 2009
While cleaning his brother's retail shop, Imran removed the trash he had collected, intending to burn some of it. While burning the trash, pages of the Quran flew into the fire and burned. Imran's neighbor, Haji Liaqat, saw the burned pages of the Quran and alerted other Muslims in the area. "Haji Liaqat saw the burned Quran papers, and he aggressively told all resident people and travelers also," a VOM contact said. "He was telling everybody that Imran Ghafur is burning the Quran ... he should be killed." Imran and his father were severely beaten before police arrested Imran. | | |
