Blasphemy : the true, heartbreaking story of a woman sentenced to death over a cup of water (Record no. 61338)
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| fixed length control field | 01572nam a2200217 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781844088881 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 297.5695092 |
| Item number | BIB/B |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bibi, Asia |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Blasphemy : the true, heartbreaking story of a woman sentenced to death over a cup of water |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | 2012 |
| Year of publication | Virago |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 137 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45° and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It's exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up a cup and takes a long drink of cool water. She refills the cup, drinks some more and then offers it to another woman. Suddenly one of her fellow workers cries out that the water belongs to the Muslim women and that with her actions, Asia - who is Christian - has contaminated it. An argument ignites and in an instant, with one word, Asia's fate is sealed. 'Blasphemy!' someone shouts. In Pakistan this is a charge punishable by death. First attacked by a mob, Asia was soon after thrown into prison and then sentenced to be hanged. Since then she has been kept in a windowless cell. Her family have had to flee their village, under threat from vengeful extremists. In the wave of accusation that followed, only two public figures came to |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Women death row inmates |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Pakistan |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Religious discrimination |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Blasphemy (Islam) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Christian biography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Christian women |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | death row inmates |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 12/07/2021 | 350.00 | 297.5695092 BIB/B | 52839 | BK |