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Pakistan: Chinese engineer arrested for ‘insulting Allah’ in Ramzan row
Sandeep Sharma •The unnamed Chinese national, an employee of China Gezhouba Group Company, was arrested from the Dasu hydropower project on Sunday after an angry mob gathered to attack him, “to avert a serious situationl”
Pakistani man sentenced to death over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp message: What are the blasphemy laws in the country?
Fp Explainers •A Muslim resident of northwest Pakistan has been sentenced to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group. The country has some of the strictest blasphemy laws in the world with those being accused of the crime often becoming victims of mob violence
Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy
•Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mobs and violence.
Explained: How Pakistan has strengthened its laws against blasphemy
•Insulting Islam or its founder is already a capital offence in Pakistan. However, now insulting people associated with Prophet Muhammad will also carry a 10-year prison sentence, which can be extended to life in prison, as well as a Rs 1 million fine
Criticising silence on Salman Rushdie stabbing, Muslim forum for secularism and democracy urges to rethink blasphemy
•Underscoring the silence of Indian Muslim organisations on the attack on author Salman Rushdie, IMSD said it was hypocritical of them to remember human rights only when they need them and stay silent when dissidents are attacked
Sar tan se juda: Origin of the anti-Hindu war cry after Nupur Sharma’s controversial Prophet Muhammad remark
Fp Staff •The ‘sar tan se juda’ gang have been scalping one victim after another following now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad resulted in a widespread ruckus across the country
Kanpur violence: Security beefed up ahead of Friday prayers, section 144 imposed
•Violence had erupted in parts of Kanpur after Friday prayers last week between members of two communities over attempts to shut shops in protest against controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma
Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy
Fp Staff •Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa condemned the incident, calling it a "state-backed terror against minorities."
No country for minorities: Legitimising murders in the name of blasphemy in Pakistan
Sanchita Bhattacharya •The brutal killing of a Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage, is the latest in the long list of such socially acceptable and religiously legitimised crimes in Pakistan
Pakistan police arrest 13, detains scores in Sri Lankan lynching case
•The lynching was widely condemned by Pakistan's military and political leadership, prominent social and religious figures and civil society members