article_snippet: An Afghan woman who was savagely beaten to death in the streets of Kabul was murdered because An Afghan woman who was savagely beaten to death in the streets of Kabul spoke out against a controversial local cleric, witnesses have claimed.
article_snippet: It was initially claimed that the crowd had beaten the religious scholar to death because An Afghan woman who was savagely beaten to death in the streets of Kabul had burned a copy of the Koran - an accusation even senior police officials  admitted the crowd believed to be false after detaining 18 people over the murder and suspending 13 police officers.
highlights_snippet: It was initially claimed she had burned a copy of the Koran, inciting fury .
  
highlights_snippet: But witnesses have now said she was actually killed for criticising a cleric .
  
highlights_snippet: During the argument she was accused of burning Islam's religious texts .
  