Blasphemy: Positions of the justice system and the Holy Quran, By Yushau A. Shuaib
As a proud Muslim, I know that one of the great Jihads in Islam is to preach love, peace, and tolerance, and spread the authentic teachings of Islam through the […]
Pakistan: Death sentences over killing of Sri Lankan accused of blasphemy
Published9 hours ago bbc.com Six men have been sentenced to death over the mob killing of a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. Priyantha Diyawadanage, 48, a factory […]
Bigotry towards minorities defames entire nation: SC
Top court overturns LHC order endorsing blasphemy charges against Ahmadis Hasnaat Malik March 27, 2022 Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: The top court has noted that bigoted behaviour […]
Pakistan Embarrassed After Facebook Refuses To Remove URLs Of Ahmadiyyas Under ‘blasphemy’
In an attempt to step over the ‘inferior sect of Muslims,’ Pakistan Telecast Authority (PTA) urged Facebook to remove over 700 URLs related to Ahmadiyyas. Written By Aakansha Tandon AP Pakistan’s […]
CII declares violence over blasphemy allegations against principles of Islam
CII declares violence over blasphemy allegations against principles of Islam Javed Hussain Published February 23, 2022 – Updated about 2 hours ago The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared violence against a person […]
Widow of lynched Sri Lankan seeks justice from Pakistani prime minister
Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised severe punishment for those found guilty of the lynching. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/r3ubc MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN January 21, 2022 Mob killed the Sri Lankan manager […]
The latest martyr of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Ch. Asghar Ali Klar Shaheed
Born in 1951, joined Ahmadiyyat in 1971 at age 20 & faced persecution by his own family. In Sep 2021, he was booked for blasphemy (295C). He passed away in […]
Climate of bigotry
Climate of bigotry Editorial Published December 27, 2021 DAWN.COM IT is a conversation that must take place if extremism is not to consume Pakistani society from within, but is the country’s […]
Essay. The politics of blasphemy and lynching
ESSAY: THE POLITICS OF BLASPHEMY AND LYNCHING Farah Adeed Published December 19, 2021 On December 3, an angry mob lynched Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan man working as a manager in […]
Saudi Arabia jails Yemeni man for 15 years for apostasy: Human Rights Watch
Saudi Arabia jails Yemeni man for 15 years for apostasy: Human Rights Watch AFP Published December 20, 2021 – Human Rights Watch said on Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni […]
The bare minimum
The bare minimum Umair Javed Published December 13, 2021 – IS violence based on religious extremism a law-and-order problem or an ideological/cultural one? This debate is neither new, nor particularly unique to […]
Pakistan intensifies digital crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas
Amid the already deteriorating condition of the minority communities in Pakistan, the country’s telecommunication regulator has begun an intuitional crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas. TopicsPakistan | minorities ANI Last Updated at December 11, […]
How Islamist Fundamentalists Get Away With Murder in Pakistan
ARGUMENT An expert’s point of view on a current event. If Imran Khan cares about foreign investment and economic growth, he must abolish the country’s blasphemy law. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, […]
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy Zahid Hussain Published December 8, 2021 – THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense […]
The Dilemma Over the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan
The mob killing of a Sri Lankan is the culmination of a fire lit decades ago, when a doctrinaire interpretation of Islam was allowed to thrive in a politically driven […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall …
Mirror, mirror on the wall… Fahd Husain Published December 4, 2021 NO one is responsible for lynching a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot on Friday. Absolutely no one. That is the lesson we […]
Sialkot no surprise
Sialkot no surprise Zarrar KhuhroPublished December 6, 2021 – IT’S a hallmark of the times we live in that we must document everything we do; from vacations to functions and events — […]
Living in fear
Living in fear Editorial Published November 27, 2021 THE registration of a blasphemy case against four members of a family from a village on the outskirts of Lahore has once again […]
Pakistani police arrest four for ‘blasphemy’ over mosque argument
Four Muslim men accused of blasphemy after arguing with religious cleric who refused to make funeral announcement for a Christian. Published On 25 Nov 2021 in Al Jazeera Pakistani police have […]
The Holy Quran on Freedom of Conscience
From one point of view the universe created by God Almighty is divided into two portions. A large portion does that which it is commanded by God Almighty to do, […]