blasphemy

Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon
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Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon

Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for…
Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman
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Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy,…
Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi
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Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi

The fate of a Christian woman enmeshed in a years-long blasphemy row could finally be decided Tuesday, when Pakistan’s Supreme…
Freed Christian woman still prisoner in Pakistan
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Freed Christian woman still prisoner in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner in Pakistan,…
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail
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Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

  A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after…
Pakistani Christian woman in limbo despite acquittal by top court
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Pakistani Christian woman in limbo despite acquittal by top court

  The fate of a Pakistani Christian woman accused of blasphemy was in limbo Saturday after the government allowed Islamist…
Pakistan overturns Christian woman’s blasphemy death sentence
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Pakistan overturns Christian woman’s blasphemy death sentence

  Pakistan’s Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother facing execution for blasphemy, in a…
Ireland votes to lift blasphemy ban
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Ireland votes to lift blasphemy ban

Ireland has voted to lift a rarely enforced constitutional ban on blasphemy in the latest secular reform for the once…
Pakistan under pressure to rein in blasphemy law
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Pakistan under pressure to rein in blasphemy law

One of the most frightening things about Pakistan’s blasphemy law is that the simplest act can spiral into charges that…
Pakistani police launch operation to end blasphemy ‘siege’
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Pakistani police launch operation to end blasphemy ‘siege’

After repeated orders from the Supreme Court, Pakistan’s civil administration finally moved to end an Islamist blockade in capital city…
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