The UN General Assembly included the desecration of holy books, including the Quran, in a draft resolution on racism, discrimination and hate crimes ... Show more
Additional Sessions Judge-II Mohammad Jameel handed death sentence to two seminary students and also awarded life imprisonment to another for slaughtering ... Show more
Two Pakistani women get death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ murder of teacher: Women aged 23 and 24 sentenced to death while a minor is jailed for life for the 2022 ...
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Whatsapp: Student sentenced to death for sending messages: A 22-year-old is facing execution in Pakistan for sending WhatsApp messages. He is accused of ...
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For #InternationalWomensDay , our #FOCUS takes us to #Pakistan 🇵🇰. A policewoman has recently came to the rescue of a girl being accused of blasphemy by an angry mob in a local Lahore ... Show more
How can we avoid another Batley Grammar blasphemy row?: Dame Sara Khan, the government’s adviser on social cohesion, has produced a powerful and brave report ...
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Khan review: Teacher in blasphemy row was ‘totally and utterly failed’: An independent review found the teacher was 'let down' by his school ...
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A #Lahore Sessions' court, sentenced a woman to life imprisonment on charges of #blasphemy , but her lawyer has argued that much like other blasphemy accusations in ... Show more
Pakistan court sentences woman to life imprisonment for burning pages of Islam’s holy book
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War on words: is Scotland ready for its new hate crime law?: This week: Scotland’s new hate crime law; the man who could be France’s next PM; and why do ...
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Anti-blasphemy group called for jihad at British protest: The UK wing of Tehreek-e-Labbaik has been holding rallies and events
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Pakistan blasphemy: Student sentenced to death over Whatsapp messages: Judges in Pakistan say he shared blasphemous pictures and videos to outrage the feelings ...
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Pakistan sentences young man to death for insulting Prophet Mohammed on WhatsApp: A teenager has also been sentenced to life in prison
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Blasphemy demos ‘are growing in radicalism’: Rising threat to those accused of insulting Islam
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Pakistan blasphemy: Student sentenced to death over Whatsapp messages: Judges in Pakistan say he shared blasphemous pictures and videos to outrage the feelings ...
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Pakistan woman in Arabic print dress saved from mob claiming blasphemy: Hundreds mistakenly accused the woman of wearing a dress adorned with Quran verses.
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Hero police officer who saved woman from blasphemy mob honoured: The Pakistani police officer was hailed as "fearless", after "putting her life in ...
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Timely action by police saved a teenage girl wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy printed on it from attack by a charged mob ... Show more
Blasphemy Is a Crime in Pakistan. Mobs Are Delivering the Verdicts.: Being convicted of the charge can bring a death sentence in the country ...
nytimes.com/2024/03/02/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-violence.html
Pakistan: Policewoman praised for rescuing woman from blasphemy mob - News | Khaleej Times
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‘I put the ass in blasphemy’: Lynks, the horror-drag pop star reclaiming biblical ‘abomination’
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“That’s blasphemy! You can’t do that to Princess Buttercup!”
-@RealRobinWright on comparisons between her @netflix ’s Damsel character and The Princess Bride character. #FallonTonight
Saudi Arabia Lauds Pakistani Cop Who Stood Up to Islamist Radicals: It signals a shift in Riyadh’s position on Pakistani religious radicals ...
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Pakistan policewoman praised for saving woman from blasphemy mob: A police officer who saved a woman accused of blasphemy from a mob of 200 men in eastern ...
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Data collected by the Center for Social Justice (#CSJ ) shows that the highest number of #blasphemy allegations took place in 2023 ... Show more
Pakistani Islamist parties rally against top judge on blasphemy accusations: Hundreds of supporters from Pakistani Islamist parties on Friday rallied to protest ...
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Civil society strongly condemned the way a woman was harassed and almost attacked by a mob on Sunday in #Lahore 's #Ichhra Bazaar. on allegations of #blasphemy ... Show more
.@PeterJacobCSJ pointed out that #MaryamNawaz faces a significant challenge regarding the longstanding issue of #blasphemy and #religiousextremism in #Punjab , which has persisted for the past 30 ... Show more
Pakistan Supreme Court defends ruling on minorities after backlash: The campaign targeting Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa began after he ordered the ...
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VHP moves Calcutta High Court against housing lions Sita and Akbar together in safari park
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Under law SP probes blasphemy cases: SC: ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took a strong exception to the police entering a house without a warrant for ...
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Pak Ultra-Right Party Infamous For Anti-Blasphemy Protests Slips In Polls: Saad Hussain Rizvi's Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan rode the blasphemy issue to ...
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Fractious Pakistan polls fertile ground for disinfo: Fake boycotts, fictional ballots and blasphemy smears: a deluge of disinformation accompanied Pakistan's ...
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Spain: Is that allowed? Spain argues about "sexy Jesus": In pious Andalusia, a poster with a revealing Jesus advertises Easter week. Conservative Catholics speak ...
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Katsina mob razes house, car over alleged blasphemy: The house is located at Sabon Garin Alhaji Yahuza Village, Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State ...
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Alleged blasphemy: Katsina residents burn neighbour’s house, car: Tensions are running high in Katsina due to a controversial social media post made by a ...
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Spain Sexy Jesus: A poster for Easter week causes a stir in Andalusia - Tageblatt.lu
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A First-hand Run-in With Pakistan’s Dangerous Blasphemy Obsession: A public altercation over a shawl made me confront the blasphemy laws of Pakistan head-on.
thediplomat.com/2024/01/a-first-hand-run-in-with-pakistans-dangerous-blasphemy-obsession/
Ram temple, hardening Hinduism and the strength of diversity: The strength of Hinduism lay (and lies) in diversity. With BJP politicising Ayodhya Ram Temple ...
indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ram-temple-hardening-hinduism-and-the-strength-of-diversity-9117519/
Nigerian lawyer receives US international religious freedom award: Mr Alapinni has provided pro bono legal representation to people with life-threatening cases ...
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🇳🇱 In Eindhoven, Netherlands, tensions flared as the leader of the racist PEGIDA movement, Wagensveld, attempted to burn the Holy Quran ... Show more
Prime accused in Kerala hand-chopping case of professor for blasphemy held after 13 years
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Pope’s doctrine chief under fire for book praising ‘mystical orgasms’: Pope’s doctrine chief Víctor Manuel Fernández is accused of blasphemy after writing ‘truly ...
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"Blasphemy" in cathedral: Russia insults German ambassador: Moscow is annoyed. The reason is a statement by the German ambassador that war is "not inevitable" ...
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Indonesia’s 2023 social media roller coaster: bad behaviour in Bali, blasphemy, and a rising star
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Nigerian woman jailed for ‘blasphemy’ for 18 months over WhatsApp message: Jatau has been in detention since May 2022 when she shared a WhatsApp video condemning ...
aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/30/nigerian-woman-jailed-for-blasphemy-for-18-months-over-whatsapp-message
Pope Francis Slammed for Blessing Same-Sex Couples: 'Blasphemy': Critics accused Pope Francis of being "a heretic" after he said Catholic Church officials could ...
newsweek.com/pope-francis-same-sex-marriage-blessing-backlash-1853397
Repairing the arts in Poland after eight years of PiS: Undoing the damage wrought to Poland's arts and cultural sector by the prior two consecutive Law & Justice ...
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How a teenage lie led to the beheading of a teacher: Six youngsters in France have been convicted of their roles in the savage killing of Samuel Paty after false ...
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Lampung comedian named blasphemy suspect after performing at Anies campaign event
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Alleged blasphemy: CSO demands Jatau’s unconditional release: An advocacy group for women’s rights, Womanifesto, has called for the immediate release of Rhoda ...
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Woman Spends 18 Months in Jail for Condemning Murder of Deborah Yakubu: On May 20, 2022, eight days after Deborah's passing, the Bauchi State authorities ...
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Teachers adopting ‘de facto blasphemy code’ by censoring lessons: A fifth of teachers are censoring their lessons to avoid potentially causing offence over ...
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Giving birth was the worst experience of my life: I didn’t talk about any of this because I, like most people in the UK, love the NHS, and criticising it is a ...
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Anti-Blasphemy Laws Are Great for Tyrants, Terrible for Dissidents: Far-right provocateurs burning Qurans led Denmark to pass a law forbidding “improper ...
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Free Speech Vs. Blasphemy: Artists Say Poland Stifles Their Freedom: Majority-Catholic Poland has some of the strictest defamation laws of any democratic country ...
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Indonesia arrests TikTokker for videos of ‘jokes’ mocking Christianity: An Indonesian TikTokker accused of blasphemy against Christianity has been arrested in ...
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North Sumatra TikToker arrested for blasphemy against Christianity: Police say the TikToker insulted the religion by making jokes about the Christian cross in ...
thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2023/10/24/north-sumatra-tiktoker-arrested-for-blasphemy-against-christianity.html
This is one such method: About religion in crisis: If religion is losing importance, why do blasphemies occur? Two new books clarify the matter ...
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Koran burnings Denmark: Blasphemy law is a danger to freedom: Anyone who desecrates religious symbols and objects should be punished again in Denmark ...
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Nigeria: Nonbelievers facing attacks, threats in a deeply religious country | Africanews
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Lina Lutfiawati Sentenced to 2 Years After Eating Pork on Camera: Lina Lutfiawati, an influencer from Indonesia, received a two-year sentence after a video of ...
nytimes.com/2023/09/21/world/asia/indonesia-influencer-tiktok-pork-video.html
Quick Glance: Indonesia: TikToker sentenced 2 years for pork video
- Lina Mukherjee, known as Lina Luftiawati, convicted under controversial blasphemy law.
- Violation of the prohibition of consuming pork in Islam.
- Video posted in May with utterance of 'Bismillah' before eating crispy pork skin.
- Conservative groups deemed the video blasphemous.
Blasphemy law: Indonesian Muslim woman prays then eats pork - two years in prison
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Quick Glance: Blasphemy Law: Muslim Woman Prays and Eats Pork - Two Years in Prison
- Woman in Indonesia sentenced to prison for reciting a Muslim prayer before eating pork.
- Strict law enforcement in Indonesia: Video shows woman reciting prayer and eating crispy pork skin.
- Violation of Indonesia's blasphemy law.
Public Sensitization: Solution to Misuse of Blasphemy Laws: On Tuesday, the Senate Human Rights Committee met in Islamabad to tackle pressing issues surrounding ...
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Muslims residing in the Christian colony in #Jaranwala reveal that the blasphemy issue was initially resolved until someone alerted the clerics ... Show more
Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks churches and homes of minority Christians
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Quick Glance: Over 100 Arrested Following Church Arson in Pakistan
- Violence in Jaranwala erupted due to allegations of two Christian men tearing pages from the Quran.
- The two men accused of damaging the Quran, Islam's holy book, have not been arrested despite facing charges of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty in Pakistan.
- The reports sparked outrage within the Muslim community, leading to violence where mobs attacked and looted private homes of Christians.
- Religion-fueled violence in Pakistan has increased since the implementation of the death penalty for blasphemy, as it encourages violent behavior, according to Iftekharul Bashar, a researcher at the think-tank RSIS specializing in political and religious violence in South Asia.
Does God Need To Be Defended By Law?: An Indonesian influencer was this week sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy under the country’s infamous Article ...
thediplomat.com/2023/09/does-god-need-to-be-defended-by-law/
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