Source: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Tuesday remarked that according to Pakistan Penal Code’s Article 295, offence against any religion comes under the blasphemy law […]
(Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Faisal Kutty: Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University and Adjunct Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation or […]
Source: BBC Human rights groups say Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often used to target minorities, including Christians Related Stories Q&A: Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws Pakistan country profile A Pakistani Christian couple have been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text message insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The couple, […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Source: BreakingNews.ie The Constitutional Convention has published its report calling for the offence of blasphemy to be removed. It recommends that blasphemy is replaced by a new general ban on […]
Source: BBC A court in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi has sentenced a 70-year-old British man to death after convicting him of blasphemy. Muhammad Asghar was arrested in 2010 after […]
Tuesday 03 December 2013 DutchNews.nl Blasphemy will be removed from the statute books following a majority vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday. However, a second motion was […]
Morning Star: ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police and a banned Islamic extremist group in Lahore, Pakistan are searching for a young Christian accused of blasphemy – with the extremist group calling for his death – after he sought to correct misconceptions about Christianity in a Muslim book, sources said. Sources […]
Daily Times: VIEW : The irony on who speaks for Islam — Qasim Rashid As survivors painfully clean their bloodstained churches, mosques, and malls, we’re all once again left asking How ironic. I stayed up all night writing a rejoinder to an anti-Islam politician who insists that Islam is a violent […]
The News Tribe: by Masroor Ahmed Khan – ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said that the current blasphemy law in the country is against Islamic principles and must be amended. During a session at National Assembly Javed Hashmi responded and said that Pakistan was created by […]
The Express Tribune: By Rana Tanveer. LAHORE: Giving in to pressure of a United Khatam-i-Nabuwat led two-month long vigilante siege of an Ahmadi magazine office, police on Thursday registered an FIR against the magazine’s administration and confiscated all its records since 1952, The Express Tribune has learnt. A large police contingent raided the […]
Daily Times: by Marvi Sermad. One is amazed at the audacity of the advocates of blasphemy laws, who think of themselves as vigilant guards of not only the Almighty, but religious personages as well, thereby creating an illusion that God and the Prophet (PBUH) might not be able to deal […]
Huff Post: Is Pope Francis A Heretic? No, But He Does Raise Questions By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) Is Pope Francis endorsing heresy? It might look that way from the eye-catching headlines this week that made it appear everyone was bound for heaven — “even atheists!” — thanks […]
Source: The Daily Star A top leader of Hefajat-e Islam has told a court in Dhaka that the group’s May 5 Dhaka siege programme was designed to oust the Awami League-led alliance government, according to court sources. The BNP-led 18-party opposition combine financed the programme, Hefajat Secretary General Junaid Babunagari […]
Asian Human Rights Commission. The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the research based report on historical overview of Blasphemy laws in Pakistan the Blasphemy published by Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), Islamabad. The research was compiled by Mr. Nafees Muhammad, a writer and research […]
The Express Tribune: LAHORE: Islampura police on Friday registered a case against six Ahmedis on blasphemy and terrorism charges and arrested four of them including a hawker and editor and […]
the two-way: Scott Neuman. Russia’s parliament has given preliminary approval to an anti-blasphemy bill that would make it a crime to offend religious feelings. The BBC reports that the bill was drafted last year after members of the punk band Pussy Riot used Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral to perform a […]
Source: The Daily Star Sheikh Hasina speaks to the BBC’s Anbarasan Ethirajan during an exclusive interview in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, has firmly rejected the demand for […]