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ISLAM AND BLASPHEMY
Pakistani Maulana Tariq Masood, known for demanding death for blasphemy, now hiding to save his own lifePakistani cleric Maulana Tariq Masood, known for advocating the death penalty for blasphemy, is now accused of the same crime. His remarks ...- Pastor shot at in Pakistan's Punjab, days after mob attack on Christians in provinceThe pastor, in his statement to police, said that an objectionable religious slogan in Arabic was written on the outer wall of the church. ...
- Mob attacks on Christian churches and homes in Pakistan set off by false implication, police sayAccording to authorities, three Christians tossed Islamic holy books outside the homes of two others to falsely accuse them of blasphemy be...
- Over 100 arrested, probe ordered in attacks on churches and homes of Christians in PakistanOver 100 people, including activists of the extremist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), have been taken into custody over attacks on ...
- Pak to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges too; deal signed with radical Islamic group TLPThe radical Islamic group gained political capital as the federal government agreed to issue a letter declaring that the TLP was not a terr...
- View: Udaipur killing may bring new dynamic in complex jihadist landscapeIn Indian context, there are primarily three sources of Islamist radicalization and terrorism. Pakistan-based terrorist organizations top t...
- Religion-fueled mobs on the rise again in Pakistanlynchings over offenses to Islam, real or imagined, are far from new in Pakistan, where blasphemy is punishable by death. Rights activists ...
- Pakistan PM Imran Khan reassures president over Sri Lankan's lynchingImran Khan said in an overnight tweet that he spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by phone to convey the country's anger and s...
- Pakistan police: Mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemyPolice said initial information shows the Sri Lankan, later identified as Priyantha Kumara, a manager at the facility, was lynched inside t...
- Pakistan court sentences woman school principal to death for committing blasphemyLahore police in 2013 had registered a blasphemy case against Tanvir on the complaint of a local cleric. She was accused of denying the fin...
- Pakistan seeks to block US-based website of minority AhmadisHarris Zafar said Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority earlier this month issued a legal notice for him and fellow American Amjad Mahmood...
- Pakistan's capital blocked off over anti-France protestPakistan has seen small and scattered protests over the past few weeks in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's recent remarks on ...
- Pakistan National Bank's manager shot dead by security guard over 'blasphemy'Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, with even unproven allegations often prompting mob violence. Anyone convicted or even ju...
- Indian think-tank sends petition to UN Secy Gen & other global bodies on Pakistan govt atrocities against ShiasOn September 24 Usanas Foundation sent another petition to the UN Secretary-General and all the other entities mentioned above, in which it...
- Religious minorities continue to face violence in Pakistan: UN rights chief"The (Pakistan) Government, despite recommendations from international human rights mechanisms, has not amended or repealed blasphemy law p...
- Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy caseAsia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
- Pakistan court acquits Christian woman on death row for blasphemyIn a landmark verdict, Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy.
- Nawaz Sharif orders action against blasphemous social media content"Those behind this heinous crime should be dealt with, without any delay," Sharif ordered Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Kha...
- Islam Is Non-Violence: Unfortunately Sufis, Islam’s original mystics, are succumbing to sectarianism tooExtremism feeds on selective retrieval of sacred texts and history, creating irrational fears that require urgent remedial measures.
- 'Pak in grip of Islamic extremism'In Pakistan the blasphemy law was deliberately introduced to the penal code by General Zia in 1982 and then made even more stringent in 198...
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