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blasphemy

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Indian police arrest youth leader from Modi's party for anti-Muslim comments

Harshit Srivastava, a youth leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, was arrested in Kanpur city following communal tensions last week during a protest by Muslims to denounce the anti-Islam comments.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Pakistan mob set fire to police station over Koran desecration

The crowd of up to 5,000 people surrounded the police station in Charsadda town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday night, also setting fire to more than 30 cars.

SE Asia 4 years ago

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Thailand considers deportation of Malaysian transgender entrepreneur

Cosmetics company owner Nur Sajat, as she prefers to be known, fled from Malaysia this year. Thai police confirmed that Sajat was arrested this month and was found guilty by a court of illegal entry and subsequently released on bail.

World 4 years ago

Algerian scholar gets 3 years for 'offending Islam'

Djabelkhir, 53, who has called for "reflection" on Islam's founding texts, was put on trial after seven lawyers and a fellow academic made complaints against him.

World 4 years ago

Pakistan PM says insulting Mohammad should be same as denying Holocaust

Speaking after a week of violent protests in Pakistan by a radical Islamist party outraged by French government support for magazines publishing cartoons of Mohammed, Khan said insulting the prophet hurt Muslims around the world.

Sports 4 years ago

Banned 'blasphemer' Buffon misses Juve's Easter parade

When Juventus travel across town for the their Easter weekend meeting with local rivals Torino on Saturday, they will do so without veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Sports 4 years ago

Juventus goalkeeper Buffon given one-match blasphemy ban

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was on Tuesday handed a one-match ban for blasphemy which would rule him out of next weekend's Turin derby.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

Polish heavy metal frontman fined for disrespecting Virgin Mary

A Polish court on Tuesday ordered the frontman of heavy metal band Behemoth to pay a fine for posting a picture of a foot stepping on an image of the Virgin Mary.

World 5 years ago

Indian court grants bail to comedian accused of insulting Hinduism

The comedian, Munawar Faruqui, 30, was arrested early last month following a complaint by the son of a politician from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging that he had made objectionable remarks about Hindu deities and the interior minister, Amit Shah, during a show at a cafe in the city of Indore.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Pakistani film explores social media's role in anger over blasphemy

The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence.