French cardinal Jean Louis Tauran has announced to contest the case of 11-year old Christian girl Rimsha, allegedly accused of burning Quranic verses.
A French media source, has quoted an interview by cardinal in which he has said that the alleged girl was illiterate, who could not read or write.
Cardinal Jean, who is incharge of interfaith dialogue chapter in the Vatican, also said that the accused girl was a filth scavenger for her livelihood, and was definitely not obvious of the contents of the already discarded book.
Declaring the issue as a serious and quite conflicting, he stressed on a dialogue over the issue, as it was impossible for an underage, illiterate girl to express her views about Quranic verses.
Cardinal to contest Rimsha’s case
