In early March in an interview with the BBC, Asia Bibi spoke of her time in prison saying she was told by guards she could be released if she renounced her faith in Christ.
However, Bibi told them: ‘No, I will live my sentence, with my faith’. She subsequently spent a decade in prison over allegations that she insulted Islam and its prophet. Bibi, whose real name is Aasiya Noreen, called her experience a ‘trial sent by God’.
One night in prison she had a dream about a priest who made her recite verses from the Bible. ‘When I opened my eyes, I remember being amazed that I no longer saw him. I thought that maybe God was sending me a sign that I should try to learn those verses which would help sustain me. So that’s what I did. I read the Gospels very regularly.’
