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Trudeau declines to say if Asia Bibi in Canada due to ‘security issues’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined Wednesday to confirm whether Asia Bibi, the Christian woman at the center of a decade-long blasphemy ... World News -
Top Pakistan court upholds blasphemy acquittal of Christian woman
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of ... World News -
Canada in talks with Pakistan over possibly taking in Asia Bibi
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was holding talks with Pakistan over potentially offering asylum to Asia Bibi, ... World News -
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi freed from jail: lawyer
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy, has been freed from jail, her lawyer said Thursday.The ... World News -
Husband of Pakistan blasphemy case woman calls for her protection
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case on Saturday criticized a government deal with Islamists that ... World News -
ANALYSIS: Is it time for Pakistan to revisit blasphemy laws?
Millions of Pakistanis including Prime Minister of Pakistan welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment of releasing Asia Bibi, a death row ... Features -
Imran Khan calls for calm as protests erupt after blasphemy verdict
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at hardliners and appealed for calm Wednesday after extremists called for the country’s Supreme ... World News -
Pakistan top court acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy
Pakistan's top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, a landmark ruling that could ... World News -
Pakistan arrests suspect in student’s slaying over blasphemy
Pakistani police say they have arrested a key suspect sought for inciting the lynching of a university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy in ... World News -
Pakistan court hands out death sentence over blasphemy lynching
A Pakistani court sentenced one person to death and five others to life imprisonment on Wednesday for lynching a student accused of blasphemy, a crime ... World News -
Pakistan sentences man to death man for blasphemy on social media
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government ... Digital -
Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam
Jakarta’s Christian governor has been sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling critics fear will embolden ... World News -
Boy, only 10, killed by blasphemy lynch mob in Pakistan
A 10-year boy was killed and five others were wounded Thursday when a mob attacked a police station in an attempt to lynch a Hindu man charged with ... World News -
Who was Mashal Khan, the student killed in Pakistan?
Who was Mashal Khan, the student who was killed by a large mob in Pakistan on Thursday over accusations of blasphemy? According to Pakistani media ... World News -
‘Blasphemy’: Journalism student killed in Pakistan for Facebook posts
A journalism student was shot dead and another seriously injured by a large vigilante mob comprising fellow students at the Abdul Wali Khan ... Digital -
Pakistan: Facebook vows to tackle concerns over blasphemous content
Facebook has assured Pakistan that concerns about blasphemous content on the social media site will be addressed and a company delegation will visit ... Digital -
Pokemon Go ‘is blasphemous’, Indian court told
Game offended the religious sensibilities of Hindus and Jains by offering ‘virtual’ eggs Variety -
Pakistani religious group demands execution of blasphemers
A Pakistani religious group demanded the immediate execution of a Christian woman on death row Gulf -
Pakistan hangs bodyguard who killed governor over blasphemy case
The governor had championed the cause of a Christian woman sentenced to death in a blasphemy case Gulf -
Egyptian Christian students stand trial for insulting Islam
The case comes at a time Egypt has witnessed a surge in blasphemy charges in recent months Middle East -
Audio: What Keith Vaz actually said about UK blasphemy law
Listen to the interview with the British MP that sparked a social media row Blogs -
Egyptian TV presenter acquitted of blasphemy charges
After the show on Islam was aired, 48 complaints were filed against the presenter Television & Radio -
Court upholds death ruling for killer of Pakistan governor
Punjab governor was killed after he had called for reform of anti-blasphemy law Asia -
Indonesian editor accused of blasphemy over ISIS cartoon
A group called the Jakarta Muslim Preachers Corps filed a complaint to the police against The Jakarta Post’s Meidyatama Suryodiningrat Print -
ISIS in Syria beheads man for 'blasphemy'
Rights groups say ISIS has beheaded and stoned to death many people in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq Middle East -
Pakistan police investigate former pop star for blasphemy
Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in the mainly Muslim country Asia -
EU urges Pakistan to push for repeal of blasphemy laws
EU: blasphemy laws are increasingly used to target vulnerable minority groups in Pakistan Middle East -
Pakistani court remands four suspects in lynching of Christians
The killing of the Christian couple sparked outrage and protests across Pakistan Asia -
Mob lynches Christian couple in Pakistan, dozens arrested
The latest incident took place in a village in Punjab province on Tuesday Asia -
Pakistan court upholds blasphemy death sentence for Christian woman
Asia Bibi’s case drew global criticism especially when two Pakistani officials were assassinated for supporting her Asia