2012 Farooqi Girls' High School attack

2012 incident in Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 2012 10 30 y On 30 October 2012, Farooqi Girls' High School in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked by angry protesters due to allegedly blasphemous material.https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore:-extremist-crowd-sets-fire-to-girls-schools-over-alleged-blasphemy-26245.html Lahore: extremist crowd sets fire to girls schools over alleged blasphemy www.asianews.ithttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/angry-protesters-set-girls-school-on-fire-in-lahore/articleshow/17046182.cms Angry protesters set girls' school on fire in Lahore The Times of India November 1, 2012 Police investigated and said that it was not true and the school was cleared of all allegations. It started working as usual 90 days after the incident.Pakistan police probe Lahore school attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20167390 BBC News 1 November 2012 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 Muhammad.https://www.arabnews.com/pakistan-%E2%80%98blasphemy-school%E2%80%99-headteacher-remanded Pakistan 'blasphemy school' headteacher remanded November 4, 2012 Arab News Farooqi, aged 77, said he had no direct involvement, the court mandated a 14-day remand on blasphemy charges, an offence punishable by the death penalty. 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.https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-blasphemy/24759541.html Pakistan 'Blasphemy' Teacher In Hiding As Students Protest Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty School history Farooqi Girls High School was established in 1978, by Arshad Ali Asim Farooqi and his wife Zahida Asim Farooqi.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2012/nov/09/blasphemy-laws-darkening-pakistan-skies Blasphemy laws are darkening Pakistan's skies Salman Hameed November 9, 2012 The Guardian It is located in Karim Park, Ravi Road, Lahore, Pakistan.Blasphemy Charges On The Rise In Pakistan NPR https://web.archive.org/web/20230511113323/https://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165485239/blasphemy-charges-on-the-rise-in-pakistan 2023-05-11 live https://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165485239/blasphemy-charges-on-the-rise-in-pakistanhttps://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2012/1101/Mob-burns-girls-school-in-Pakistani-city-over-alleged-blasphemy Mob burns girls' school in Pakistani city over alleged blasphemy Christian Science Monitor References Category:Blasphemy law in Pakistan Category:2012 in Pakistan