By Brandon G. Withrow teaches religious studies at the University of Findlay. Follow him on Twitter at @bwithrow. ReligionNews.com: In some countries, uttering, scribbling or texting that statement will get you […]
Source: Christian Today By Jonah Hicap; 28 August 2015 Fifteen Christians have been arrested, detained and slapped with blasphemy charges by Pakistani police in Gujarat province for publishing a flier that […]
Lobelog: Two weeks ago, Iceland abolished its 75-year-old blasphemy law. The parliament’s decision was a victory for the unconventional Pirate Party, which made the call to abolish the blasphemy law in Iceland after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks in France. Churches in Iceland publically opposed this step, but this didn’t […]
Source: Christian Today By Carey Lodge 07 July 2015 A number of Islamic terms have been banned from translation into English under a new law introduced by the Pakistani government. The […]
Source: RT.com The Pirate Party, which has just three MPs in the Icelandic parliament but is leading in opinion polls, has had its first bill signed into law, decriminalizing “blasphemy.” […]
Source: Pakistan Christian Post Sheikhupura, Punjab: July 1, 2015. (PCP) On accusation of blasphemy, the Muslim villagers tortured Christian women, then shaved head of husband of one of woman, color […]
Source: Pak Tea House By Yasser Latif Hamdani November 11th, 2014 | 17 Comments “I thoroughly endorse the principle that while this measure should aim at those undesirable persons who indulge in wanton vilification or attack upon the religion of any particular class or upon the founders and prophets of […]
Aljazeera: This is the second story in a two-part series about blasphemy in Pakistan. The first part, about the case of the first woman on death row for blasphemy in that country, is available here. KOT RADHA KISHAN, Pakistan — Walking through the quiet, empty streets of Chak 59, patrolled […]
Source: CP World Islamic Clerics Fight to Keep Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws That Persecute Christians: ‘Those Who Insult Muhammad Deserve to Be Killed’ As Pakistani lawmakers consider legislation to reform the nation’s corrupt blasphemy laws, Islamic clerics are bashing the government for even considering such an option, and are calling for […]
Source: CP World Islamic Clerics Fight to Keep Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws That Persecute Christians: ‘Those Who Insult Muhammad Deserve to Be Killed’ As Pakistani lawmakers consider legislation to reform the nation’s corrupt blasphemy laws, Islamic clerics are bashing the government for even considering such an option, and are calling for […]
Source: World News Group By Julia A. Seymour Lawmakers in Pakistan are considering reforms to the country’s blasphemy laws that could help curb persecution against Christians and other minorities. The proposed reforms […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
(GARLAND, Texas) — Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said Sunday night. The City of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook […]
Dawn: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology […]
Dawn: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology […]
Washiqur Rahman: Another secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh (CNN) When American writer Avijit Roy was hacked to death on a Dhaka, Bangladesh, street in full view of horrified […]
Dawn: LAHORE: A sessions court on Friday awarded death penalty to a man for blasphemy and acquitted another giving him the benefit of the doubt. Mughalpura police had registered a case under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in 2012 against Abdul Shakoor and Liaqat Ali. Complainant Shaukat […]
Russia Today: Amid a crackdown on hate speech and “condoning terrorism” online, a French court has handed out a two-month suspended prison sentence to prominent comedian and political activist Dieudonne […]