Source: The Guardian BY Abdullah Alaoudh In September 2017, my father, the prominent Saudi reformist Muslim scholar Salman al-Odah, tweeted an innocuous message to his 14 million followers encouraging the […]
Source: City News An Edmonton Imam has been ousted from leading prayer at a local community centre after critics say he used alleged “hate speech” online and during his sermons. Rachelle Elsiufi reports. Read Further Suggested reading and viewing for proper understanding of universal brotherhood and anti-Semitism BBC Video: The […]
Source: New York Times By Aurelien Breeden The plan, which is up for discussion in Parliament this week, would make it mandatory for online platforms to remove hateful content in less […]
Source: Dawn ISTANBUL: Hundreds gathered at Istanbul’s main court on Friday to support an opposition politician who faces 17 years in prison for a series of tweets criticising the government. […]
Source: Guardian Addressing hate speech does not mean limiting freedom of speech. To prevent it from escalating, we need to treat it as we treat every malicious act Around the […]
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is known for hosting The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central. Born in Johannesburg, […]
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Pakistani Christian man and wife sentenced to death for text messages sent to Muslim The case of a Christian couple on death row […]
This week a cross-party group of 51 Members of the European Parliament issued a collective letter addressed to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressing their concerns and seeking […]
Source: Associated Press By NICK PERRY DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned the 74-page manifesto written and […]
Petition launched to protect free speech after street preacher’s arrest goes viral Source: Christianity Today A petition calling for the protection of free speech in Britain has been launched after […]
Source: The New York Times By Abdullah Alaoudh, who is a legal scholar at Georgetown University. The kingdom’s judiciary is being pushed far from any semblance of the rule of […]
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippine journalist and vocal critic of the country’s president, was arrested Wednesday in connection with “cyber libel” charges against Rappler, the news […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shaiq Hussain ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its decision to acquit a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy that kept her […]
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute blasphemy laws. Suggested reading Ahok, Jakarta’s former governor, released after jail term for blasphemy Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman […]
Source: Associated Press BY Kathy Gannon ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release […]
Source: Derby Telegraph By Christopher Harper REPORTER CHRIS HARPER SPEAKS ABOUT RADIO IKHLAS AND ITS £10,000 FINE A Derby-based radio station has been fined £10,000 for broadcasting hate speech. Radio […]
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani minister says the detained Islamic clerics who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the acquittal of a Christian woman in […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Herreria and Marina Fang CNN accused the Trump administration of violating constitutional rights of freedom of the press and due process. A federal judge on […]
Source: The Express Tribune MULTAN : Aasia Bibi, a blasphemy accused who was acquitted by the apex court on October 31, flew out of Pakistan in the wee hours of […]
