Tag: Blasphemy

After eight years on death row, separated from each other and from their children, a Catholic couple were released in June 2021 in Pakistan

Civil society and human rights groups said the existence of the blasphemy article is “very worrying” in Indonesia

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and laws prohibiting it can carry a potential death sentence

The life sentence that Zafar Bhatti, 52, has been serving in northeast Pakistan has been changed to death by hanging on January 3

The charity Open Doors ranks Pakistan as the fifth-worst country in the world to be a Christian

In Pakistan, false accusations of blasphemy are widespread and often motivated by personal vendettas or religious hatred

The acquittals ended nearly eight years of legal battle that saw the Christian couple jailed separately on death row

A Muslim religious leader has been praised for playing an "important role in defusing the situation"

Imran Khan says he wants Muslim countries to use trade boycott threats against countries where blasphemy incidents occur

Accusations based on nurses allegedly removing a wall hanger with words from the Koran on it