Blasphemy News

With the birth of Pakistan, the seeds of religious fanaticism were sown there. In Pakistan, a man was beaten to death on charges of blasphemy. The person who was lynched was himself a Muslim cleric.

Delhi Police has registered two FIRs-- one against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the other against 31 people BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir has also opened up on the issue

‘Beadbi’ or 'sacrilege' means being disrespectful towards Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The concept of sacrilege in Sikhism emanates largely from the fact that Sikhs consider the Guru Granth Sahib to be a living Guru. The Sikhs consider the Guru Granth Sahib and everything associated with it as highly sacred. In Sikhism, the Guru is considered to be a living entity, hence any harm or disrespect to the guru is treated as a serious offence.

Mob in Pakistan`s Sialkot had tortured Diyawadana to death All bones of the body except that of a leg were found broken The incident took place in the Wazirabad Road area

A Sri Lankan has been lynched and his body burnt by angry supporters in Pakistan. The incident took place in Punjab province over blasphemy allegations. 100 suspects have been arrested so far.

The boy is accused of intentionally urinating on a carpet in the library of a madrassa Muslim crowd attacked a Hindu temple after the boy`s release on bail

A storm on social media pushed demands for action against Aurat March, based on the video Experts said that Islamist policies have long silenced marginalised segments in the country, including women Experts underlined the danger of this trend of using blasphemy to silence women`s rights activists is a decade-old ploy of Islamists

Khan's comments come days after Macron paid tribute to a French history teacher beheaded by an Islamist radical who wanted to avenge the use of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) in its latest report has raised serious concern on Human rights abuse in Pakistan. Systemic misuse of blasphemy in Pakistan has terrorized the minorities in Pakistan, said GHRD report. It added that lasphemy law continues to embolden the radicals who use it as a coercive measure to enforce their ideologies on minority communities in Pakistan.

Junaid Hafeez, 33, was arrested in March 2013 for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed on social media.

The Pak PM recently announced that he would join hands with Malaysia and Turkey to launch a new English language Islamic television channel to correct the misperceptions about Islam. 

The Hindu veterinary doctor was arrested on Monday under the country's strict blasphemy laws after a local cleric filed a police complaint accusing him of committing blasphemy.

The head cleric of the local mosque, Maulvi Ishaq Nohri, filed the complaint with the police alleging that the doctor had torn pages of a holy book and wrapped medicines in them. 

Asia Bibi, a farm worker, was convicted in 2010 of making derogatory remarks about Islam.

In a landmark verdict, Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy.

Put in jail in September of 2008, the accused was let off by Pakistani Supreme Court due to lack of evidence.

Blasphemy is a highly sensitive topic in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where insulting the Prophet Mohammad is a capital crime for which dozens are sitting on death row.

The killing led to a national outcry after a video of it went viral.

An outspoken Pakistani student killed by a lynch mob was falsely accused of blasphemy, according to an official report that added his murder was organised by faculty members and rival students.