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Op-Ed: How blasphemy laws are used to serve political ends
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRelatives carry the body of Mushtaq Ahmed, 41, in eastern Pakistan last year. He was stoned to death...
Factbox-Pakistan's blasphemy law in spotlight after mob burns churches
Reuters via AOL· 9 months ago, (Reuters) - Pakistan's blasphemy law has come under a spotlight after a Muslim mob burnt churches...
Nicholas Goldberg: Is God on the side of blasphemy laws?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA sign at a rally in Lahore, Pakistan, reads "Hang the blasphemer Sana." Sana Ullah was arrested in...
Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it has no blasphemy laws
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden...
Pakistan: 50 arrested over lynching of man in custody over blasphemy charges
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoAt least 50 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a mob stormed a police station and killed a...
Indonesia jails woman who recited Muslim prayer before trying pork on TikTok
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Muslim woman has been sentenced to two years in prison under Indonesia’s blasphemy law over a...
Nigeria's sharia blasphemy law not unconstitutional, court rules
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Nigerian court on Wednesday ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a test-case challenge from a singer who was sentenced to death two years ago on the ...
Sufi singer faces death for blasphemy | Terry Mattingly
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThis much is clear: Kano State authorities in northern Nigeria accused the Sufi Muslim singer Yahaya...
Fact check: Video of violent Bangladesh protest is from 2013, not response to 2022 fuel prices
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe claim: Video shows protest in Bangladesh in response to fuel price increases On Aug. 6,...
Chinese national arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPakistani police arrested a Chinese national on blasphemy charges after he allegedly insulted Islam...