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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

blasphemy

Paramilitary troops stand guard with riot gear to ensure security following attacks by a Muslim mob angry over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP/K.M. Chaudary)
March 22, 2024, 10:44 am
Pakistani court sentences woman to life in prison for burning pages from Quran
Muslim woman denied the charge amid accusations that blasphemy allegations often used to intimidate religious minorities and to settle personal scores
By AP
People look a church damaged and burned by angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Shafqat)
August 17, 2023, 8:39 am
Muslim mobs burn churches in Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating Quran
Up to 17 churches, several homes burned or destroyed; police and military sent in to stop attacks; no immediate reports of casualties
By ASIM TANVEER and Munir Ahmed
'Hidden Heretics' and author Ayala Fader. (Princeton University Press)
October 19, 2020, 1:59 am
Author: Ultra-Orthodox ‘Hidden Heretics’ believe in science, reject COVID rebels
In new book, Fordham professor Ayala Fader exposes a subset of the insular community few outsiders know about: a group of doubters united through a banned medium — the internet
By Rich Tenorio
The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, January 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
September 25, 2020, 11:34 pm
Auschwitz museum head asks to swap spots with Nigerian boy jailed for blasphemy
After 13-year-old sentenced to 120 months in prison over conversation with a friend, Piotr Cywiński tells Nigeria’s president he’ll finance the boy’s education if he’s freed
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Pakistanis rally in support of Khalid Khan, who gunned down Tahir Naseem in courtroom, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, July 31, 2020. Naseem, a US citizen, was standing trial on a charge of blasphemy. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
September 9, 2020, 6:40 am
Pakistan Christian gets death sentence for blasphemy; wouldn’t convert to Islam
Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in custody since 2013, fighting charge leveled against him by former factory supervisor who was trying to convert him
By AFP
A pairing of cards from Kiruv vs. Humanity. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2020, 1:12 am
The irreverent Jew in your life will eternally burn for this game
Evil genius behind ‘Kiruv vs. Humanity’ says it is based on subversive cult classic ‘Cards Against Humanity,’ but it’ll ‘send you to hell faster than you can say pass the cholent’
By Yaakov Schwartz
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kartarpur Corridor in Kartarpur, on November 28, 2018. (Arif Ali/AFP)
November 30, 2018, 1:16 pm
Pakistani PM denigrates Jesus, wants world convention to prevent insult to Islam
‘There is no mention of Jesus in history,’ says Imran Khan, ‘but the entire life of Muhammad, who was Allah’s last prophet, is part of history’
By ToI Staff
Mohammad Ali Taheri, founder of a New Age version of Shiite Islam and a proponent of alternative medicine, who has been repeatedly sentenced to prison and death by Iranian courts. (YouTube screen capture)
August 28, 2017, 7:33 am
Founder of New Age version of Shiite Islam sentenced to death in Iran
Mohammad Ali Taheri, 61, has been imprisoned since 2011 for blasphemy, is seen as threat to regime’s religious orthodoxy
By AP
A view of Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016 (CC BY-SA Taimur Dee/Wikimedia Commons)
June 10, 2017, 9:30 pm
Pakistani gets death sentence for blasphemy on Facebook
Taimoor Raza found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad during online argument about Islam; will appeal ruling
By AFP
Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (C), popularly known as Ahok, speaks to his lawyers after judges delivered their sentence during the verdict in his blasphemy trial in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / BAY ISMOYO)
May 9, 2017, 10:00 am
Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for 2 years for blasphemy
Harsh sentence raises concerns of rising religious intolerance in Indonesia, world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation
By Olivia Rondonuwu and Kiki Siregar
Stephen Fry pictured at a 2012 Pride Parade in London (Photograph at WorldPride / Wikipedia)
May 7, 2017, 3:59 pm
Comedian Stephen Fry probed for blasphemy after calling God a ‘selfish maniac’
British Jewish-born star was asked on Irish TV what he’d say to God if he, she or it existed. Viewed on YouTube 7 million times, his bitter answer led to a police investigation
By ToI Staff
The Quran (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
February 24, 2017, 2:55 pm
In Denmark, first blasphemy charge since 1971
Forty-two-year-old man prosecuted for burning Quran and sharing video on anti-Muslim page on Facebook
By AP
A screen capture from the change.org online petition site showing an online poster calling for the freeing of two members of the Iranian heavy metal band Confess on charges of blasphemy, which could carry the death penalty in the Islamic Republic. (Screen capture, change.org)
From the WebFebruary 21, 2016, 6:29 am
Iranian heavy metal musicians face execution for ‘satanic music’
Two members of band Confess, Nikan Siyanor Khosravi, 23, and Khosravi Arash Ilkhani, 21, are arrested by state religious guard, the Mail Online reports
'The Testament of Mary' opened in Boston's New Repertory Theatre in January of 2016. Actress Paula Langton portrayed Mary in the one-woman show. (Andrew Brilliant/NRT)
February 19, 2016, 6:51 am
Not so virgin ‘Mary’ production condemned as blasphemous
A new Boston run of ‘The Testament of Mary,’ a one-woman show about Jesus’ last days, draws the ire of religious groups
By Matt Lebovic
The Quran (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
February 25, 2015, 10:05 am
Saudi Arabia to behead man for renouncing Islam
Defendant to be executed after he posted a video of himself ripping up a Quran, hitting it with his shoe
By Tamar Pileggi
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