Atheist sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) By Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. Saudi Arabia has […]
Could a student’s death change Pakistan’s blasphemy laws?
Source: BBC By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Mardan Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe mob killing has shocked many in Pakistan The brutal mob killing of a university student who was accused of […]
In Pakistan, a student’s lynching for alleged blasphemy was a new low — but no surprise
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable April 24 at 6:01 AM ZAIDA, Pakistan — Even in his ancestral village here in northwestern Pakistan, where 23-year-old […]
Blasphemy law is against Quran, Sunnah: Ghamdi
Source: The Nation During an interview with a private TV channel Javed Ahmed Ghamdi, when asked about Mashal Khan’s death said, “The whole nation is responsible for Mashal’s death.” He […]
Jakarta governor likely to be spared jail if found guilty of insulting Islam
Source: The Guardian Kate Lamb in Jakarta Indonesian prosecutors call for two years’ probation for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, instead of maximum five-year prison term Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, […]
Even a Horrific Murder Isn’t Enough to Shake Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Source: The Diplomat By Usman Ahmad With the sudden fury of a flash storm, images of an angry mob lynching a young man to death at the Abdul Wali Khan […]
Video: Pakistan Blasphemy Laws: On a Lighter Note
It is Jewish video but more applicable to the Pakistani ground reality right now. A word of caution: You have to be not living in Pakistan to enjoy the video.
Chief justice of Pakistan takes notice of Mashal Khan’s lynching
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran and Is There Freedom of Thought or Coercion in the Holy Quran? Source of news: Dawn By […]
Tunisia sentences British DJ for Muslim prayer remix
Source: BBC A Tunisian court has sentenced a British DJ to a year in jail after he played a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer. London-born Dax J, […]
Editorial: Facebook must reject Pakistani blasphemy demand
Source: The Mercury News The rulers of Pakistan have stepped up a campaign against blasphemy. That’s frightening news from an Islamic nation where insulting the official religion is a capital […]
Pakistan seeks Facebook meeting, threatens action over blasphemy
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said on Wednesday, adding that he […]
Blasphemy charges create climate of fear for Pakistani media
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON Mar. 18, 2017 8:32 AM EDT 6 photos FILE – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, civil society activists rally […]
BBC Asian Network apologises for tweet about blasphemy
Source: BBC The BBC has apologised after a tweet from the Asian Network account asked, “What is the right punishment for blasphemy?”. The tweet provoked criticism that the BBC appeared […]
Pakistan wants Facebook, Twitter to help it combat blasphemy
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Thursday it has asked Facebook and Twitter to help it identify Pakistanis suspected of blasphemy so that it can prosecute them or […]
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws Will Shape Its Future
Source: Muftah By Usman Ahmad March 10th, 2017 Recent months have seen Pakistan’s blasphemy laws come under the spotlight once again. In January, five liberal-leaning bloggers and activists went missing under […]
Free Speech and Pakistan: Nisar threatens to block all social media websites with ‘blasphemous content’
Source: Dawn Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Thursday threatened to block “all social media websites” that host blasphemous content hours after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the government to […]
IHC orders removal of blasphemous content from social media
Source: The Express Tribune By Rizwan Shehzad ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court judge on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to scrub off all blasphemous content from local social media accounts. […]
Indonesia jails leaders of “deviant sect” for blasphemy
Source: Reuters An Indonesian court has jailed three leaders of a group that Islamic clerics had called a deviant religious organization for up to five years for blasphemy, sparking condemnation […]
Thousands defy rally ban to celebrate Pakistani blasphemy murderer
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD Thousands of religious hardliners in Pakistan defied a ban on demonstrations to rally on Wednesday in support of a man executed for murdering […]