Muslim countries should unite and form a transnational trade boycott to force the West to pass blasphemy laws that would protect Muhammad from perceived insults, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan proposed Monday.
A brewery is removing the Saudi Arabian flag from football World Cup bunting in hundreds of pubs because people were offended that Islamic symbols were displayed in a place serving alcohol.
Pro-blasphemy law protests in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, killed at least six and injured more than 200 people, including security forces and civilians, before forcing the government to capitulate to the demonstrators’ demands on Monday.
The Pakistani capital of Islamabad has been “under siege” by hundreds of Muslim extremists demanding strict adherence to the country’s anti-blasphemy laws and the resignation of the federal law minister accused of breaking them.
An illiterate man accused of writing a Facebook post that allegedly insulted Islam prompted an estimated 20,000-strong angry mob of Muslims to incinerate Hindu homes in a Bangladesh.
Court cases involving the controversial anti-blasphemy law primarily used against Christian minority group members accused of insulting Islam seldom result in a fair trial in predominantly Muslim Pakistan, often leading to a harsh verdict of life in prison or death, reports Voice of America (VOA).
The Egyptian government has rejected a bill to abolish its controversial anti-blasphemy law, ruling that there is no need to eliminate or soften legislation that does not significantly undermine freedom of thought in the country.
Rioting and demonstrations broke out on the streets of Pakistan after an Islamic terrorist was hanged Monday morning for having assassinated the governor of the province for his call to relax the state’s severe anti-blasphemy laws.
