Source: The New York Times A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does […]
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Source: The Guardian By Matthew Weaver The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned whether the press regulator will ever prohibit hate speech on the grounds of religion after it cleared the Sun […]
Source: Politico By YOUSEF SABA The president of Liberty University censored an article critical of Donald Trump, according to the sports editor of the school’s official newspaper, the Liberty Champion. […]
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws Chapter 1 – Origin Story of 295C from Pakistans Blasphemy Laws on Vimeo. Source: Dawn BY ARAFAT MAZHAR A few days ago, a video of erstwhile pop icon […]
Epigraph: “And I give them respite; for My plan is strong.” (Al Quran 68:46) For commentary of the verse please see the comment section. Source: CNN Money By Dylan Byers […]
AFP | Published — Friday 30 September 2016 DEEPEST SYMPATHIES: Jordanian King Abdallah II, second right, and Prime Minister Hani Mulki, right, offer their condolences to relatives of Jordanian writer […]
Source: RNS By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) — A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges […]
Source: scroll.in ‘An intelligent, culturally aware, aesthetically evolved citizenry must take an uncompromising stance against bigotry and thought control.’ Plays are pre-censored in Maharashtra and scripts have to be passed before they can be staged – a necessary nuisance that directors , writers and producers have been facing for years. […]
Businessman Rachid Nekkaz. Photo: AFP Published: 22 Aug 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 A businessman has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he’ll keep “fighting to the death” for freedom. Even though the burqini has been banned in over a […]
Source: Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Chinese rapper in Malaysia has been detained for allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video. Wee Meng Chee, popularly […]
Source: The Guardian By Jamie Grierson and Vikram Dodd Notorious hate preacher faces up to 10 years in prison after swearing allegiance to Isis, it can now be revealed Anjem […]
Source: The Guardian By Nick Cohen Freedom is worthless if it is not lived. However important rights are in a constitutional democracy, they will wither unless you use them. From John Milton’s […]
Source: Reuters ANKARA | BY ECE TOKSABAY A Turkish court sentenced two journalists to two years in jail for blasphemy on Thursday, their newspaper said, after they reprinted a controversial […]
Source: Huffington Post By Salam Al Marayati; President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Last Wednesday, I spoke on a panel at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs […]
Source: Yahoo News A court in southern Bangladesh sentenced two Hindu schoolteachers to six months in jail for making “abusive” remarks about Islam that led a mob to attack their […]
Germany Turkey: Merkel allows inquiry into comic’s Erdogan insult Source: BBC Germany will allow the potential prosecution of a top comedian after the Turkish president filed a complaint. Jan Boehmermann […]
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Source: The Guardian By Saad Hammadi in Dhaka, Aisha Ganiin London and agencies Nazimuddin Samad, whose family live in London, was hacked to death by at least four assailants after […]
Source: CNN By Jethro Mullen CNN’s Saeed Ahmed and Sugam Pokharel contributed to this report. (CNN)Islamic extremists in Bangladesh appear to be taking their war on secular writers and bloggers beyond the South Asian country’s borders. A hit list purporting to be from the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team […]