While numerous liberal voices critique the democratic and secular facets of India, there appears to be a dearth of attention on the religious segregation taking place in Pakistan
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Huma Ijaz suggests that the ease with which someone can be implicated under the blasphemy law and subject to mob lynching requires us to revisit the legal landscape in which these atrocities are committed
Pakistan has done it again. A 26-year-old Muslim woman has been sentenced to death on the spurious charge of committing blasphemy. Aneeqa Ateeq was arrested in May 2020 and charged with posting "blasphemous material" on WhatsApp. The complaint against
A Lahore district and sessions court has acquitted Fareeda, a woman accused of blasphemy two years ago. At a hearing last week, the court ordered she be freed immediately if she isn’t wanted in any other case. Fareeda was accused of tearing and burning pages containing the verses of the Holy Quran in a book titled “Ramzan-ul-Mubarak Ki Ibadat”. A case against her was registered by a man identified as Muhammad Irfan who claimed to be a witness to the crime. On December 19, 2020, an FIR was registered against Fareeda under the Code of Criminal Procedure. During the proceedings, the defence contended that Fareeda had been “falsely implicated in the case by the complainant wi.