Source: Dawn By Nasir Iqbal The Supreme Court on Monday overturned an order by the Balochistan High Court and exonerated an accused facing life imprisonment on allegations of desecrating the […]
Source: The New York Times By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in […]
Source: BBC By Sarah Rainsford In a darkened film studio in northern Moscow, an actress runs frantically on the spot to whip up her emotions. Eyes wide and panting, she […]
By Asad Jamal When a high court upholds the conviction and death sentence of a woman from a poor as well as politically and socially marginalised religious minority in a highly […]
Source: Herald By Alizeh Kohari Even though the rally had ended late, even though the night sky over Gangapur was turning translucent, Falak Sher’s wife insisted we stop by her house […]
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed and Kay Johnson | ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s television regulator on Thursday banned a well-known talk show host for hate speech, after he hosted shows accusing liberal […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON Today BARAKHAO, Pakistan (AP) — Two ornate minarets pierce the evening sky and frame the emerald green dome of a shrine to Mumtaz Qadri. […]
Source: Reuters By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD A Pakistani Senate committee is set to debate how to prevent the country’s blasphemy laws being applied unfairly, despite opposition from religious conservatives […]
Source: The Guardian Fatwa issued against Shaan Taseer for allegedly insulting Islam six years after his governor father died in similar controversy Pakistani supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged […]
The battle for the souls of Islam Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani Future historians of Pakistan will mark January 4, 2011 as a significant date in the history […]
Source: Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan police say violence erupted at a rally convened by Islamists in favor of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws in the city of […]
Source: The Gospel Herald By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT In an ironic turn of events, the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who led the charge against the Christian governor […]
Source: Reuters By Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA An Indonesian court will proceed with a controversial blasphemy trial against Jakarta’s Christian governor, who is accused of insulting the Koran, a judge […]
Source: The News By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its Annual Report 2016 called upon US administration to press Pakistan for the repeal […]
Source: The Jakarta Post FadliThe Jakarta Post Batam | Sun, December 18, 2016 | 06:08 pm Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (center) sits on the defendant’s chair at the […]
Source: The Guardian BY Declan Walsh in Islamabad A prominent Islamic scholar has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, warning that failure to repeal them will only strengthen religious […]
Indonesia blasphemy case: Emotional scenes as Ahok trial begins Source: BBC There were emotional scenes in court on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s governor, a Christian […]
Source: Associated Press By ALI KOTARUMALOS and STEPHEN WRIGHT Local shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Thousands of… Read more JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians rallied in the center of the capital Jakarta on Sunday, calling for tolerance and unity […]
Source: Khabaristan Times NEW YORK: President-Elect Donald Trump has already softened his position on a few of his campaign promises. One such promise was the call for a complete ban […]
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT and NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — At least 200,000 conservative Muslims rallied peacefully in the Indonesian capital on Friday in the second major protest against its minority Christian governor, who is being prosecuted for alleged blasphemy. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, a political […]