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blasphemy

  1. danieldemol

    ‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan

    'When the first bullet whizzed past Sheikh Nasir Ahmad’s ear, he brushed at it, thinking it was a mosquito, out on an unseasonably cool August night in the central Pakistani town of Lalamusa. Before he was able to react, however, two gunmen on a motorcycle pulled up alongside him and shot him...
  2. danieldemol

    Pakistani cleric who led anti-blasphemy rallies held for sexual abuse

    ' A photo released by the Capitol City Police Officer (CCPO) on June 20, 2021, shows a police officer escorting handcuffed Aziz-ur-Rehman (R) after he was detained, and, what police says, charged with sexually abusing a student at a religious school, in Lahore, Pakistan. Capitol City Police...
  3. danieldemol

    Dozens held in Pakistan for trying to lynch brothers accused of blasphemy -police

    'Pakistani police arrested dozens of men on Tuesday on charges of attacking a police station in a bid to lynch two brothers held in custody accused of desecrating a Muslim mosque, officials said. A mob broke into the police station on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad on Monday ahead of an...
  4. danieldemol

    Nigeria: Man stoned to death, set ablaze in front of police by radical Islamist mob on charges of bl

    Nigeria: Man stoned to death, set ablaze in front of police by radical Islamist mob on charges of blasphemy. 'On Tuesday (March 30) morning, a water vendor was stoned to death and set ablaze by an Islamist mob in Sade village in the Bauchi State of Nigeria. The incident took place in the...
  5. danieldemol

    Shia cleric slaughtered with an axe over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, video goes viral

    'Shia cleric slaughtered with an axe over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, video goes viral' 'As per reports, the Shia religious scholar has been identified as one Taqi Shah. He had gone to a local festival (mela) along with his friend Hasnain Shah in Basti Murad in Shorkot Tehsil. The duo...
  6. danieldemol

    Nergal's Polish Blasphemy Charge

    'The heavy-metal singer Nergal, aka Adam Darski, has fallen foul once again of the conservative government in Poland and is appealing a sentence for blasphemy. Nergal, a self-professed satanist who fronts the band Behemoth, fought a long-running battle with the Polish government over a previous...
  7. danieldemol

    Pakistan court sentences three to death for blasphemy

    'An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed death sentences to three people for social media posts deemed insulting to Prophet Muhammad under the country’s blasphemy laws. A fourth accused, a college teacher, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for a “blasphemous” lecture he had delivered in...
  8. danieldemol

    Christian mother, son killed in Pak over alleged blasphemous remarks

    Pakistan: 'In a report filed by Shabbir Masih with the local police, he stated that his wife Yasmeen Masih and son Usman Masih were killed by their neighbour Hussain Shakoor in Hussain Kathore village located in Ahmad Nagar area of Gujranwala district after a heated argument between Yasmeen and...
  9. firedragon

    Criminalisation of Blasphemy: is it equal to criminalising proselytism?

    Freedom of religious belief is key to the existence of men as rational free-thinking individual citizens in the state. It emanates directly from a normative premise of equality, the demand that every doctrine should be open to scrutiny, and a belief that no dogma can be held with certainty. One...
  10. stvdv

    How Islam as a whole commits Blasphemy

    How Islam as a whole commits Blasphemy (if they impose their definition on non Muslims) Why they do commit Blasphemy is easy to understand: 1) We have Freedom of Religion, that means all are Free to choose the Religion they want 2) This Freedom also means that you are Free to define God, how...
  11. danieldemol

    France: Macron defends blasphemy

    'PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized what he calls “Islamic separatism” in his country and those who seek French citizenship without accepting the “right to commit blasphemy.”' Read more here: Macron decries 'Islamic separatism,' defends blasphemy
  12. danieldemol

    Blasphemy Complaint Against Pakistani Politician Khawaja Asif For Saying 'All Religions Are Equal'

    ‘A leader of Pakistan's ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought to file a case of blasphemy against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif claiming that his recent remarks over religion had hurt the sentiments of Muslims, a Pakistani news portal said. Asif had...
  13. danieldemol

    Sikh groups to CM: Reopen blasphemy case against Dera chief

    ‘Jalandhar: A few Sikh groups have written to Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, urging him to reopen the blasphemy case of 2007 registered against Sirsa Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in Bathinda. They are pressing for a high-level probe to expose politicians and police officers who...
  14. danieldemol

    Coronavirus: Art depicting Romania's health workers as Christian saints slammed as 'blasphemous'

    ‘Artwork depicting health workers on the COVID-19 frontline as Christian saints has riled the Romanian Orthodox Church. The controversial posters have been appearing across Bucharest and are part of a campaign to thank Romania's medical staff... ... The posters have been removed from certain...
    • danieldemol
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  15. danieldemol

    Fears for Nigerian humanist held for blasphemy in sharia state

    ‘A prominent Nigerian humanist accused of blasphemy has been arrested and taken to the northern city of Kano, according to figures close to him. Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was taken from his home on 28 April in neighbouring Kaduna state and taken to...
  16. danieldemol

    Indonesian man charged with blasphemy for altering lyrics to song about Aisha

    ‘A man from Surabaya, East Java has been charged with blasphemy for altering the lyrics to an Islamic song and mocking its message in the process, local police say. On April 14, the suspect, who is identified by his initial B, uploaded a video on Instagram in which he sang the hit contemporary...
  17. danieldemol

    Syria's HTS execute teen over 'blasphemy' claims

    ‘Mohammed Tano, 19, was executed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for alleged 'blasphemy', but activists say he had criticised the militant group's leader in private.’ Read more here: Syrian activists condemn execution of teenager for 'criticising HTS leader' I personally wasn’t familiar with the HTS...
  18. danieldemol

    3 teens detained pending investigation for blasphemy in Egypt

    'CAIRO - 14 April 2020: Three teenagers were detained on Monday for four days pending investigation for an accusation of blasphemy after they posted a video showing one of them was smoking while performing a prayer. A video went viral on social media, showing a minor was performing an Islamic...
  19. danieldemol

    Myanmar: Street artist charged with blasphemy for COVID-19 mural

    'A group of artists trying to raise awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic have been charged with blasphemy and subjected to online vitriol from Buddhist hardliners after posting photos of their work to Facebook. Artist Zayar Hnaung apologized online last night, saying he was a Buddhist with no...
  20. danieldemol

    Blasphemy ‘is no crime’, says Macron amid French girl’s anti-Islam row

    ‘Emmanuel Macron has waded into a row over a schoolgirl whose attack on Islam has divided France, insisting that blasphemy is “no crime”. The French president defended the teenager, named only as Mila, who received death threats and was forced out of her school after filming an anti-religious...
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