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TopicPakistan blasphemy

Topic: Pakistan blasphemy

Pakistani police arrest two Christians accused of blasphemy, days after mob burnt churches

Paramilitary troops have been guarding the Christian settlement in the eastern part of the country after the mob vandalised at least 5 churches and set scores of houses on fire.

75 years of blasphemy killings in Pakistan. God has a vigilante army

There’s no will in Pakistan to engage in the fraught debate that the Quran has 'no notion of blasphemy'. The blasphemy laws show that real power lies with the clerics.

‘Why I Left Islam’ author to Pakistanis — ‘stop forcing the religion on your children’

After Iran, Pakistan has one of the strictest blasphemy laws in the world.

One place in Pakistan where blasphemy laws won’t haunt you—in your dreams

The colonial-era blasphemy laws were expanded upon during General Zia-Ul Haq’s reign and made more stringent.

‘Allah on Modi’s side’ & Wilders tweets — 27 posts Pakistani law agencies want Twitter to delete

Information on Pakistan’s requests accessed from Lumen database, a repository of takedown notices hosted by Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

In Pakistan, 3 women kill teacher after 13-yr-old dreams of her blasphemy

Journalist Rabia Mehmood said women committing murder themselves using Islam as an excuse is new to Pakistan.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.