Christian Georgia proposes a ‘Blasphemy Law’
Georgia with its devoutly Orthodox Christian set of communities, is proposing a ‘blasphemy bill’ that will make religious caricatures and comedic lampooning of faith, punishable […]
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Asia Bibi and the continued problem of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
The Supreme Court of Pakistan recently suspended the execution of Asia Bibi – the Christian mother-of-five convicted on alleged blasphemy charges that reportedly started over […]
Garland shooting: why we must reject extremists on both sides
A shooting outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad left two gunmen dead and a security officer injured. The two individuals drove to […]
Censorship? Blasphemy? The Nanak Shah Fakir debate
Two major cinema chains cancelled screenings of the Indian film Nanak Shah Fakir after a sit-in protest in a branch of Cineworld in Wolverhampton. Over […]
The Mumtaz Qadri case proves why Pakistan needs to change the debate on blasphemy
Islamabad’s High Court recently dropped terrorism charges against Mumtaz Qadri – the cold blooded murderer of Governor Salman Taseer. Although they maintained his death sentence […]