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Court rejects release of Moroccan woman on trial in blasphemy case, lawyers say

The Associated Press 28 Aug 2025
Attorneys for a Moroccan feminist on trial for blasphemy say their request for her to be released due to health concerns ...
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Moroccan feminist, health at risk, denied release over blasphemy

The New Arab 28 Aug 2025
The court denied the request and scheduled the next hearing for 3 September ... "Put the T-shirt in the context of Betty's whole fight ... Blasphemy remains a red line in Morocco, and Lachgar has received limited support from local progressive groups ... ....
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Taiwan's Denial of Communist Role in World War Two Is 'Blasphemy', China Says

US News 27 Aug 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday Taiwan was "blaspheming" the sacrifices of those who died fighting Japan in World War Two by denying the... .
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Taiwan’s denial of communist role in World War II is ‘blasphemy,’ China says

Asahi News 27 Aug 2025
Democratically-governed Taiwan retains the Republic of China as its formal name ... “This is a grave blasphemy against all the loyal martyrs and heroes and a shameless betrayal of the entire Chinese nation,” Zhu told a press briefing ... .
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Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza detained under MPO, also booked under blasphemy charges

Dawn 26 Aug 2025
Cleric Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza was detained by Jhelum police on Tuesday for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance for alleged controversial remarks and later booked under blasphemy charges.
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Hundreds Languish in Pakistan’s Prisons on Blasphemy Charges

New York Times 24 Aug 2025
In Pakistan, hundreds are in jail on charges of blaspheming Islam. Rights groups say some of these cases are due to bad actors entrapping victims online ... .
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How online chats are leading to imprisonment for blasphemy in Pakistan

Deccan Herald 24 Aug 2025
Accusations of blasphemy have at times incited murderous mobs. Politicians and lawyers who challenged the blasphemy ... He is one of the hundreds who have been detained for online blasphemy in that interim.
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Blasphemy and FoRB in Nigeria: A Conversation with Mubarak Bala (US Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Public Technologies 19 Aug 2025
The Nigerian federal government enforces blasphemy laws that include a penalty of up to two years' ... There are now four Nigerians incarcerated and convicted of blasphemy, including two religious leaders.
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IHC grants post-arrest bail to accused in blasphemy case

Urdu Point 19 Aug 2025
... post-arrest bail to an accused who has been in prison for almost two years in a blasphemy case.</p><p>Justice Babar Sattar heard the post-arrest bail application of accused Asimullah.
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Gerth: A state fair without the KY Pork Producers’ heavenly pork chop sandwich? Blasphemy!

Courier Journal 19 Aug 2025
Show Caption. Hide Caption. Kentucky State Fair food vendors, classics to try. The Kentucky State Fair runs through Aug. 24, 2025. Before it ends, here's what foods you should try as well as what's offered there ... I belong to a cult ... How could this be?.
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: From immigration and free speech to blasphemy laws... soon we won't have a ...

The Daily Mail 18 Aug 2025
Civil liberties are under assault everywhere, from the police’s obsession with online ‘hate speech’ to the determination to make ill-defined ‘Islamophobia’ a criminal offence, an oppressive blasphemy law by the back door ... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN ... .
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Activist arrested for blasphemy in Morocco for 'Allah is a lesbian' T-shirt photo

The Jerusalem Post 16 Aug 2025
Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco over allegations of blasphemy ....
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