The international rights observer Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Egyptian government Monday to quash prison sentences handed to four minors over ‘religious contempt’ charges and to “revoke the penal code article that authorities use to prosecute blasphemy”. The minors were charged with “mocking Islamic prayer rituals” and publishing a video “which disrupts public …
Court tells Islam El-Behiry he violated penal code
Fatima Naoot called Islamic religious sacrifice of animals a “massacre”
Lawyer submits complaint to Prosecutor General for unlawful detention and abuse
Suez Canal University President personally filed legal case against student Sherif Gaber, who claims he was tortured in custody
Idku court verdict made international headlines in what the rights group calls part of a “coordinated government crackdown on perceived atheists”
Once reserved for public figures, blasphemy charges now levied between friends and neighbours out of “revenge” against “anyone who has different beliefs than that of the majority”, legal experts say
Human rights group demands charges be dropped, saying they violate freedom of expression
Groups warn of increasing number of contempt of religion cases, calling it a means of suppressing personal beliefs
Report says Lebanon and Mauritania saw least violations, while Saudi Arabia and Syria saw most
NSF denounces the detention and expresses their support for the teacher
A recorded footage of Abu Islam saying that 90 percent of female protesters who head to Tahrir Square are Christian
Alber Saber appeals three-year sentence for blasphemy
Egyptian activist to spend three years in prison for questioning religion and role of clerics
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97 per cent of the population are Muslims
Defence lawyers argue prosecution evidence is faulty
For the most part media has portrayed the protests in front of American embassies as just as a protest over the amateur video insulting Islam and prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. Moreover, it is surprising how some media outlets choose to describe the regions where the outrage occurred as the “Middle East”, …
Six years have passed since the Nobel Prize winner’s death
