Allegations of blasphemy are taken very seriously in Pakistan with a number of controversial recent prosecutions.
In deference to Islamic anti-blasphemy laws, the Alliance favors a global gag on free speech.
In Pakistan, people accused of blasphemy are often attacked and sometimes killed by vigilantes.
He just expressed his views about blasphemy law - which is not a divine law.
Pakistan is a deeply conservative Muslim nation, where the punishment for blasphemy is the death sentence.
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The first and only sentence in the First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits prohibitions against blasphemy.
The solution to this sort of absurdity could not be more obvious: no anti-blasphemy laws.
Blasphemy is not a bailable offence but her lawyers pleaded that she was a juvenile.
Over 1, 000 blasphemy cases have since been brought, many on the flimsiest of evidence.
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In 2009 accusations of blasphemy led a mob to attack Christians in Gojra in Punjab province.
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Over 1, 000 cases of blasphemy have been brought since the 1980s, frequently on trumped-up charges.
"In Pakistan, even being accused of blasphemy is equivalent to being sentenced, " he told the BBC.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97% of the population are Muslim.
How Islamic law on blasphemy gets to be what it is is interesting in itself.
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Now, it is unclear how shariah blasphemy law can be squared with freedom of speech.
Advocacy for blasphemy laws and anti-Semitism isn't what a genuine "interfaith" group is about.
He asked - blasphemy indeed - that Israelis try to look at the world through Palestinian eyes.
In one particularly odd case, a Najran judge sentenced a 16-year-old Ismaili schoolboy to death for blasphemy.
' But you had your 20 percent of loyal rock 'n' roll fans: 'This is a blasphemy.
Still, we continue to call on Pakistan to end the mistreatment of minorities and reform blasphemy laws.
Most blasphemy cases turn out to be about something else, often settling personal scores or grabbing property.
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In recent years, the U.S. government has increasingly conformed to what amount to shariah blasphemy laws.
The issue of blasphemy is very serious and needs to be resolved within the ambit of legal means.
He also earned a dismissal from the elders of his Baptist College who heard blasphemy in his message.
In 2011, a leading secular-minded politician, Salman Taseer, was assassinated for calling for a reform of blasphemy laws.
Merely stepping on a newspaper that contained a verse from the Koran could be construed as a blasphemy.
Another person accused Coke of "trickery, '' and still another called the white cans "blasphemy, '' among hundreds of tweets.
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Her family fear that while they remain in Pakistan, the blasphemy allegation could follow them wherever they go.
This is not the first time that American satirical cartoons have been threatened by Muslim fundamentalists for blasphemy.
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In the deeply conservative kingdom, sorcery, witchcraft and blasphemy are all offenses that can be punishable by death.
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