Английская Википедия:2012 Farooqi Girls' High School attack
On 30 October 2012, Farooqi Girls' High School was attacked by angry protesters due to allegedly blasphemous material.[1][2] Police investigation showed that it was not true and the school was cleared of all allegations. It started working as usual 90 days after the incident.[3]
Event history
In November 2012, a judicial body in Pakistan denied bail to Asim Farooqi, the principal of a school embroiled in a controversy involving alleged blasphemous content in a homework assignment, said to have disrespected the Prophet Muhammad.[4] Despite Farooqi, aged 77, asserting his lack of direct involvement, the court mandated a 14-day remand on blasphemy charges, an offence that could potentially result in capital punishment.[4] Amidst the uproar, one of Farooqi's teachers, Arfa Iftikhar, went into clandestinity following an aggressive demonstration at the Farooqi Girls' High School, located in Lahore, instigated by her issuance of the contentious homework.[4][5]
School history
Farooqi Girls High School was established in 1978, by Arshad Ali Asim Farooqi and his wife Zahida Asim Farooqi.[6] It is located in Karim Park, Ravi Road, Lahore, Pakistan.[7][8]
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