Free Speech: Fake News, Hate Speech and Blasphemy?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If hate speech can be correctly identified and adequately prevented by all tools at our disposal, in […]
Danish Man Who Burned Quran Is Prosecuted for Blasphemy in Denmark
Source: The New York Times By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in […]
Did Pakistani security agents kidnap bloggers to make a point?
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 14 at 2:20 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers — all known as left-leaning […]
Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion
Source: Fox News An Associated Press review of federal Judge Neil Gorsuch’s rulings show that the Supreme Court nominee has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of […]
‘A personal attack on Muslim women’: Ms Saffaa mural defaced in Melbourne
Source: The Guardian By Sarah Malik Monday 6 February 2017 02.41 GMTLast modified on Monday 6 February 2017 02.43 GMT A Melbourne street-art mural featuring a Muslim feminist protest paste-up by prominent artist […]
Trump beheading Statue of Liberty
Source: The Local The Der Spiegel cover image being used during a protest in Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo: DPA German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied […]
Deconstructing the LHC verdict in Aasia Bibi’s case
By Asad Jamal When a high court upholds the conviction and death sentence of a woman from a poor as well as politically and socially marginalised religious minority in a highly […]
Acts of faith: Why people get killed over blasphemy in Pakistan
Source: Herald By Alizeh Kohari Even though the rally had ended late, even though the night sky over Gangapur was turning translucent, Falak Sher’s wife insisted we stop by her house […]
Badlands on Twitter: US park climate change tweets deleted
Source: BBC “Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years. #climate,” said one of the tweets. The posts […]
Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest
Source: MSN By Jon Swaine in New York Four more journalists have been charged with felonies after being arrested while covering the unrest around Donald Trump’s inauguration, meaning that at least six […]
Germany abolishes law that bans insulting foreign leaders
Decision comes days after Donald Trump’s inauguration and a year after prosecution of German comic who wrote crude poem about Turkish President By Katie Forster @katieforster Germany has decided to abolish a law which defends the honor of foreign leaders. International heads of state will no longer be able to ask the […]
Pemra mutes Amir Liaquat Hussain – for hate mongering
By Dawood Rehman | Published on January 26, 2017 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has banned TV anchor Amir Liaquat and his programme over hate speech, according to […]
The battle for the souls of Islam in Pakistan
The battle for the souls of Islam Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani Future historians of Pakistan will mark January 4, 2011 as a significant date in the history […]
Muslim Leader of Protests Against Jakarta’s Christian Governor Now Facing Blasphemy Charges
Source: The Gospel Herald By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT In an ironic turn of events, the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who led the charge against the Christian governor […]
Myanmar Muslim killed after speaking to reporters
Source: Aljazeera The headless body of a Muslim villager has been found days after he spoke to reporters on a rare government-guided media tour of restive northern Rakhine state, Myanmar […]
Islamic scholar attacks Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Source: The Guardian BY Declan Walsh in Islamabad A prominent Islamic scholar has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, warning that failure to repeal them will only strengthen religious […]
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING A popular website for Chinese Muslims has been inaccessible since Saturday after a critical letter addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping was posted […]
Ahok’s Blasphemy Trial on Indonesia’s national TV and mob justice threatening pluralism in every Muslim country
Indonesia blasphemy case: Emotional scenes as Ahok trial begins Source: BBC There were emotional scenes in court on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s governor, a Christian […]
Asian Human Rights Commission – Urgent Appeals Programme
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-151-2016 PAKISTAN: Investigate the raid and harassment at Ahmadiyya Headquarters ISSUES: Right to adopt religion and faith, arbitrary arrests, torture, blasphemy laws, no rule of law ——————————————————————— […]
Governor Ahok’s Blasphemy Trial to Start Dec. 13 in Indonesia
Source: Jakarta Globe Jakarta. Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama will face court on Dec. 13 in a high profile alleged blasphemy and harassment case, a court spokesman said […]
