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Why Is It So Easy To Arrest a Person For Blasphemy In Pakistan?

By Tariq Ahmed
In Human Rights, Islam, Op-eds, United States
9 Min read
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Originally published in Foreign Policy On May 13, 2014, police in the province of Punjab announced that they had registered a complaint of blasphemy against sixty-eight lawyers who had been involved in a protest against a police officer. The protest started after a senior officer allegedly detained and beat one of the lawyer’s colleagues. During the protests, the lawyers had called out the...

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‘Whosovever killed a person…’

By Yameen Khalil
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters, United States
1 Min read
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Originally published in NewsOk It’s been a year since the Boston Marathon tragedy, which the perpetrators claimed was for the protection of Islam from the U.S. If this religion needs protection from anyone, it’s from the deranged minds and unholy tactics of men like these who distort the teachings of a religion that values peace above all else. The Koran clearly states, “Whosoever killed a person...

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