Blasphemy
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia arrests man over online blasphemy
Riyadh: The Makkah police in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have arrested a citizen for making blasphemous remarks on Allah in a video on X. The announcement was made on Tuesday,…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia invites Pakistani cop Shehrbano who saved woman from violent mob
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has invited Pakistani policewoman Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi as a royal guest for her heroic actions in saving a woman from a violent mob in Lahore’s Achhra…
- News
Pakistan: Hindu teacher acquitted in blasphemy case after 5 yrs
Karachi: A Hindu teacher, charged with blasphemy in 2019 in the Ghotki district of Sindh in Pakistan, was ordered by a court to be released immediately if not wanted in any other…
- Hyderabad
Protests erupt in Hyderabad over blasphemous content in school textbook
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in Hyderabad on Sunday night after protests were held against blasphemous content in a school textbook. What triggered the protest was an illustration of Prophet Muhammad published in a…
- Pakistan
Attacks on churches, Christians’ homes: Pak police arrest 2 main suspects
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested two prime suspects involved in the unprecedented attacks on 21 churches and nearly three dozen homes of the minority Christian community over blasphemy allegations, Punjab caretaker Chief…
- Pakistan
Pakistan probing attacks on churches, Christians homes; 100 held
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches of the Christian community in Punjab province even as the government on Thursday…
- Pakistan
Pak: Churches vandalised in Punjab over blasphemy allegations
Lahore: Several churches were vandalised in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday over blasphemy allegations, officials said. The Salvation Army Church, United Presbyterian Church, Allied Foundation Church and Shehroonwala Church situated in the…
- Middle East
Iran hangs two over burning copy of Quran, insulting Prophet
Tehran: Two men were executed by the Iranian authorities on Monday on charges of blasphemy against Islam. According to Mizan News Agency, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were hanged for insulting…
- Pakistan
Pak court sends Chinese man to 14-day remand on blasphemy charges
Peshawar: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sent a Chinese national to jail on a 14-day judicial remand on blasphemy charges in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after he was arrested on Monday,…
- Pakistan
Chinese national accused of blasphemy shifted in a Pakistan Army chopper
Islamabad: A Chinese national, who has been arrested on charges of blasphemy, was shifted from Upper Kohistan to Abbottabad in a Pakistan Army helicopter on Monday afternoon over safety fears, Komila SHO…
- Pakistan
Violent mob lynches man in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations
Lahore: Pakistan Punjab Inspector General of Police, Usman Anwar, on Saturday suspended two senior cops for failing to prevent a mob from lynching a man over blasphemy allegations in Nankana Sahib, media…
- World
Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan on account of blasphemous content
Islamabad: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked Wikipedia due to the website’s refusal to remove allegedly offensive or blasphemy material. Earlier, the telecom regulator had degraded the portal’s services in the…
- World
Chinese trollers insult Islam, unleash blasphemy on Prophet: Report
Beijing: China’s genocidal policy against Uyghurs, an ethnic Turkish group that inhabits Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has reached a new phase as the Wumao army or the “50 Cent Army” insults Islam…
- India
Silence is better at times, says Prof whose palm was chopped off by PFI activists
Kochi: Professor TJ Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by the activists of Popular Front of India for alleged blasphemy 12 years ago, on Wednesday declined to respond to the Centre’s ban…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Cleric seeks stricter laws for blasphemy
Lucknow: A top cleric from the Lucknow-based Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Hind has condemned the remarks made by suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh against Prophet Mohammad and urged the Centre to make the existing law more stringent…
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