Blesphamy Law of Pakistan Who benefits From it.

Malik Siraj Akbar Editor in Chief, ‘The Baloch Hal’; Author; Contributing Writer Who Benefits From Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Christianity , Islam , Pakistan , Pakistan Blasphemy Law , Rimsha Masih , Blasphemy Laws , World News Last weekend’s arrest and imprisonment of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year old Christian girl, by Pakistani authorities in the nation’s capital, Islamabad, on charges of blasphemy, is deeply alarming. The girl, whose […]

Ecrasez L’ infame

Express Tribune: Markandey Katju. When I was a judge in the Allahabad High Court, a criminal appeal came before me in which some Muslim boys had been convicted by the trial court of gang-raping a young Dalit Hindu girl. In Uttar Pradesh (UP, which is the largest state in India […]

The Maulana Who Loved Krishna

Source: Outlook India Hasrat Mohani was not just a maverick when it came to publicly championing the radical thinking of Tilak. He also wrote verses expressing deep love for Krishna, and often went to Mathura to celebrate Janmashtami. He was a true maverick. In 1908 he published an anonymous article […]

Two kinds of Russians …

Source: Asia Times: As the father of one of the women jailed for a “blasphemous” anti-Putin protest in Moscow’s main cathedral noted, there were two Russias present in the courtroom – the liberals and the traditionalists – and they hated each other’s guts. Yet while most Russians consider themselves non-religious, […]