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    Pakistan decides to ban religious party behind anti-France protests, says minister

    14 Apr 2021

    Thousands of supporters from the Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan have blocked major intersections in cities throughout Pakistan this week, with two police officers killed in clashes with rioters.

    Female principal gets death sentence for blasphemy in Pakistan

    28 Sep 2021

    The prosecution proved the case against the convict, Salma Tanveer, while the defendants failed to establish that the accused was not mentally stable when she had committed the offence.

    Iran hangs two men for blasphemy

    08 May 2023

    Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed for crimes including blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam, the prophet and other sanctities, Mizan reported. It did not say when they were executed.

    ‘Terrible and Barbaric:’ Pakistani celebrities, politicians condemn lynching of Sri Lankan manager in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations

    04 Dec 2021

    Social media was outraged over the cruel killing of a Sri Lankan manager over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistani city of Sialkot on Friday.

    26-year-old man fined Dhs500,000 for blasphemy

    16 Sep 2019

    The 26-year-old Arab defendant was hauled into the Criminal Court on Sept.9 for having blasphemed God while inside a Dubai Company on July 23. Witnesses reported him to the Rashidiyah Police Station.

    A moment of reckoning in Pakistan

    06 Dec 2021

    The lynching of Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a factory manager, by an enraged mob apparently provoked by blasphemy against Islam, has been a cause of anger and despair across Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan called it ‘a day

    Pakistani outrage bubbles as detergent ad promotes women's rights

    24 Jun 2019

    An international detergent brand has come under fire for an advertisement questioning gender stereotypes in the conservative patriarchal country, with critics accusing the company of blasphemy.

    Six sentenced to death for lynching Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan

    18 Apr 2022

    Prosecutors said 88 of 89 people on trial for the murder of Priyantha Kumara had been convicted, with six sentenced to death, nine to life in prison and the rest jail terms ranging from two to five years.

    Police official kills man accused of blasphemy while in custody in Quetta city

    12 Sep 2024

    The man, a Muslim, was arrested on Wednesday in Quetta, the provincial capital of southwestern Balochistan province, after a video of him went viral and a case was filed against him.

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