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blasphemy law

  1. danieldemol

    Pak woman principal sentenced to death for committing blasphemy

    'A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a woman principal of a private school in Lahore for committing blasphemy, according to news agency PTI. Additional district and sessions judge Mansoor Ahmad observed that the accused, Tanvir, committed blasphemy by making derogatory remarks against...
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    Two Preachers in Indonesia Charged with Blasphemy

    'Muslim and Christian Preachers Face Prison Under Abusive Law Indonesian National Police have separately arrested and detained two clergymen on blasphemy charges. On August 25 Muhammad Kece, a Christian preacher, was arrested at his friend’s house in Bali for alleged blasphemy against Islam...
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    USA: Massachusetts: Blasphemy, Lascivious Acts: State Pushes to Repeal Old Laws

    'BOSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional in 2003 and Massachusetts has legally recognized same-sex marriage since 2004, but sections of state law still feature discriminatory restrictions on sexual interactions between consenting adults, lawmakers and advocates...
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    Blasphemy Laws: Why We Muslims Need a Second Thought By Aliyu Bashir Limanci

    'Over a year after the arrest of Kano's famous humanist, Mubarak Bala who has been arrested and detained without trial, Kano is at it again, but this time it is a popular Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara being accused and prosecuted for blasphemy. Unlike the mainstream Sunni...
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    Pakistani policeman accused of killing man acquitted of blasphemy

    'A PAKISTANI policeman killed a man with a cleaver over blasphemy allegations years after the victim was acquitted of the charge by a court, police said on Saturday (3). Waqas Ahmed faced trial in 2016 over a Facebook post, but was acquitted. The policeman, Abdul Qadir, resented the verdict...
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    Pakistani court grants bail to Christian man in blasphemy case

    'A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian man convicted in 2018 while still a teenager of insulting Islam by posting a picture of Islam’s holiest site on social media, a defence lawyer said. The court order in the eastern city of Lahore came more than four years after Nabeel Masih was...
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    US comission demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy

    US Comission demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy, calls for end to such laws. 'The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to release 55-year-old Ramazan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman in jail since last year...
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    Pakistan National Bank manager shot dead by security guard over 'blasphemy'

    'A security guard in a state-run National Bank in Pakistan's Punjab province shot a senior manager on Wednesday over allegations of 'blasphemy'. Malik Imran Hanif, manager of the mulitinational commercial bank's Quaidabad tehsil was shot by Ahmed Nawazn, the security guard and a retired Army...
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    Swiss government rejects call to abolish the crime of blasphemy

    'Last week, Switzerland’s parliament rejected by 115 votes to 48 a proposal to abolish the crime of blasphemy in Switzerland. Beat Flach proposed the motion, arguing that defining blasphemy as a crime places limits on free speech. We should not punish people for criticising religion, believes...
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    Muslim intellectuals, activists condemn Paris beheading; demand abolition of apostasy and blasphemy

    This article is six days old now, but well worth a read in full: Muslim intellectuals, activists condemn Paris beheading; demand abolition of apostasy and blasphemy law Muslim intellectuals and activists, speaking at a webinar on Sunday, condemned the Paris beheading of a school teacher...
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    Muslim man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

    'Lahore, Oct 21 (PTI) A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced a Muslim man to death and imposed a fine of USD 3,085 on him for blasphemy in the country’s Punjab province. Amin, a resident of Layyah district which is some 400 kms from here, was arrested a few years ago on his neighbour’s...
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    Mauritania: Free Activists Held on Blasphemy Charges Detained for 8 Months

    'Update: The Nouakchott West Criminal Court on October 20, 2020, found all five detained men guilty of “violating the sanctity of God” based on Article 306 of Mauritania’s Penal Code and sentenced them to between six and eight month prison terms, and fines of 2,000 Ouguiya (US$53) and 15,000...
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    Pakistani court acquits Christian man on death row for blasphemy

    'Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani appeals court has acquitted a Christian man who spent about seven years in jail on the accusation of blasphemy, a charge that led to communal rioting that saw more than 120 houses in a Christian-majority area in Lahore city burned down by an enraged mob in...
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    Outrage as Nigeria sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years prison for blasphemy

    'Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a...
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    Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state

    'A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via...
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    Pakistani man accused of insulting Islam killed in court

    ‘A young Pakistani man has walked into a courtroom in the north-western city of Peshawar and shot and killed a fellow Muslim who was on trial for blasphemy, a police officer has said. It was not immediately clear how the assailant, identified as Khalid Khan, managed to get into the court amid...
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    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...
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    Tunisian blogger faces up to 3 years of prison for blasphemy in freedom of speech trial

    ‘Tunisian blogger faces up to 3 years of prison for blasphemy in freedom of speech trial’ Emna Chargui has received death threats after writing a surah of corona calling on people to wash their hands in a seemingly similar style to the Quran. Watch here: Tunisian blogger faces up to 3 years of...
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    Trump proposes year in prison for blasphemy

    ‘President Donald Trump suggested passing a law to make the burning of illegal flags during his speech at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, lamenting the demonstrations he saw throughout the country... ...Trump told his supporters gathering in a half-filled arena. “And you know, we have to do...
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    Pakistan university professor arrested over blasphemy charges

    ‘KARACHI: A senior professor of a university in Pakistan's Sindh province was on Wednesday arrested over blasphemy charges. Professor Sajid Soomro of the Shah Abdul Latif University in Sindh's Khairpur area was arrested from his house in Ali Murad locality of Khairpur. "We have been told he...
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