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  1. danieldemol

    USCIRF condemn Turkey backed Militia for apostasy arrest in Syria

    'Turkey-backed rebel faction Failaq al-Sham has arrested a Christian Syrian Kurdish man, human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported on Thursday... ... The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed concern for Muhammad’s [*ie Radwan...
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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...
  3. danieldemol

    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...
  4. danieldemol

    Sikh groups to CM: Reopen blasphemy case against Dera chief

    ‘Jalandhar: A few Sikh groups have written to Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, urging him to reopen the blasphemy case of 2007 registered against Sirsa Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in Bathinda. They are pressing for a high-level probe to expose politicians and police officers who...
  5. danieldemol

    Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims

    ‘After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging. "We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan," Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari...
  6. danieldemol

    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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    Iranian cleric's call to kill activist challenging country's ban on women cycling

    ‘An Iranian cleric has called on followers to “kill” an award-winning journalist and women’s rights campaigner after she challenged the country’s ban on women cycling. Masih Alinejad, who lives in exile in the United States, posted a video to Twitter in which the unnamed cleric insisted she...
  8. danieldemol

    Does liberalism value human rights over ethics?

    Does (western) liberalism value human rights over ethics? My initial thoughts on this is that it is a contradiction in terms. Human rights are rights because they pertain to the ethical treatment of humans. By comparison allegedly “revealed” religions tend to value these alleged revelations...
  9. danieldemol

    Muslims Stoned a Young Somalian to Death For Embracing Christianity As His Religion

    At first I wasn’t sure what to make of this article of such poor grammar, but it turns out journalist Joel Cholo Brooks was former Liberia’s correspondent for the BBC’s Focus On Africa, so his credentials seem solid. ‘Muhammad Abu Kar Abraham, A young Somalian have been Stoned to death for...
  10. danieldemol

    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...
  11. danieldemol

    For Debate or Discussion: USCIRF Condemns Arrest of Ahmadi Muslim on Blasphemy Charges in Pakistan

    'Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemned the arrest of Ramzan Bibi, a 55-year-old Ahmadi Muslim woman in Cheleki, Pakistan, on blasphemy charges. “While we recognize that the Pakistani government has made positive steps in promoting religious...
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    For Debate or discussion: 'Blasphemy' and satire spell trouble for Morocco actor, Tunisia student

    ‘Moroccan actor Rafik Boubker, 47, stands accused over a video on social media in which he appears "in an abnormal state, making blasphemous remarks against Islam and attacking the sacredness of worship", said the national security force DGSN. In the video, he appears to insult imams, call for...
  13. danieldemol

    One of Turkmenistan’s top actors has cruelly been jailed for two years simply for being gay

    ‘The actor and the other arrested men were reportedly convicted on the basis of signed confessions earlier this month. Under Turkmenistan law, gay sex is punished with a two year prison sentence, while a repeat offence is met with five to ten years in jail... ...“In 2017, the United Nations...
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    FOR DEBATE AND DISCUSSION: These women say they had miscarriages. Now they're in jail for abortion.

    ‘Seven months pregnant, Manuela, a mother of two, said she miscarried at her modest home in rural El Salvador. But the police, and a judge, didn't believe her. They charged and convicted her for aggravated homicide, sentencing her to 30 years in prison. But Manuela only served two of those...
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    Indonesian woman may face blasphemy charge for dancing in the middle of prayer in TikTok video

    'A young woman in Central Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) was apprehended by the authorities last night over her viral TikTok video, which may see her charged under Indonesia’s blasphemy law. Using a disco light filter for the video, the 19-year-old Ria Ernawanti ⁠— who donned a mukena...
  16. danieldemol

    Fears for Nigerian humanist held for blasphemy in sharia state

    ‘A prominent Nigerian humanist accused of blasphemy has been arrested and taken to the northern city of Kano, according to figures close to him. Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was taken from his home on 28 April in neighbouring Kaduna state and taken to...
  17. danieldemol

    Indonesian man charged with blasphemy for altering lyrics to song about Aisha

    ‘A man from Surabaya, East Java has been charged with blasphemy for altering the lyrics to an Islamic song and mocking its message in the process, local police say. On April 14, the suspect, who is identified by his initial B, uploaded a video on Instagram in which he sang the hit contemporary...
  18. danieldemol

    Egyptian authorities detain former child prisoner activist, mother of a two-year-old child

    ‘Egyptian authorities have abducted a prominent former activist, known for advocating for the rights of child prisoners, after storming her property in Cairo's Nasr City district at 1am on Tuesday, confiscating money and valuables. Her husband, the writer and researcher Tamer Muwafi, describes...
  19. danieldemol

    Syria's HTS execute teen over 'blasphemy' claims

    ‘Mohammed Tano, 19, was executed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for alleged 'blasphemy', but activists say he had criticised the militant group's leader in private.’ Read more here: Syrian activists condemn execution of teenager for 'criticising HTS leader' I personally wasn’t familiar with the HTS...
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    China top executioner in the world according to Amnesty International

    ‘China is still the most “prolific” executioner in the world, even though the number of executions worldwide reached its lowest level in a decade last year, according to an annual report by human rights organization Amnesty International published Tuesday (April 21). Official figures were not...
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