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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicBlasphemy

Topic: Blasphemy

After lawyers, Pakistan elite police squad poses for selfie with killer of blasphemy accused

An image of Peshawar elite police squad with Faisal alias Khalid, who killed blasphemy accused Tahir Ahmad Naseem inside a courtroom last week, is doing the rounds of social media.

How to become an instant hero in Pakistani social media — shoot someone to save Islam

Khalid Khan shot dead an American citizen accused in a blasphemy case in a Peshawar court this week. The murderer became an instant hero on Pakistani social media.

Unleashing violence in the name of blasphemy un-Islamic, Muslims must reject misinformation

One of the reasons cited for Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder is his alleged blasphemous remarks against the Prophet in 2015.

Macaulay’s IPC was radical in 19th century. Now, shift power balance toward Indian citizens

It’s absurd to criminalise sedition and blasphemy in a secular, liberal democracy.

Pakistanis say Muslims should rebuild Ghotki temples vandalised by mob

A mob went on a rampage in northern Pakistan's Ghotki district after a parent accused a Hindu school principal of blasphemy.

This is the one thing that Imran Khan, opposition & the religious clerics in Pakistan love

Pakistan’s dictator General Zia-ul-Haq started it. Imran Khan used it to target Nawaz Sharif to win election. Now the PM is under its spell.

Donald Trump justifies cutting aid to Pakistan, says it doesn’t do a ‘damn thing for’ America

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan President Arif Alvi says govt has no plans to recognise Israel and amend blasphemy law; Supreme Court orders resumption of Karachi’s iconic tram service.

After eight years on death row, Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi acquitted of blasphemy

Pakistan armed forces magazine gets a women’s edition; Imran Khan’s China agenda to focus on CPEC & agriculture.

Pakistan’s misused blasphemy law is clearly not Islamic, but no one wants to change it

Pakistan has not executed anyone under this law in the 32 years it has been in force. But even an accusation is often enough to get you lynched by a mob. 

Religiosity in Pakistan has reached dangerous heights: Asma Jahangir

In this 2012 column, noted human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir had written against the rising religious violence being perpetrated in Pakistan.  

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.