Aug 14, 2022, at 02:39 am
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, a votary of reforms in Muslim personal laws, told Indian Express in an interview that the ban on Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, the overturning of the Supreme Court's verdict in the Shah Bano case, and the decision to open the locks of the Babri Masjid, did monumental harm to the country as these issues were dealt with not on merit but to build vote banks.
Blasphemy: The Murderous Faithful
Dec 14, 2021, at 08:13 pm
On December 3, 2021, a violent mob at the Wazirabad Road in Sialkot city (Sialkot District) of Punjab tortured a Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara, to death over blasphemy allegations before burning his body. Kumara was accused of blasphemy for allegedly tearing down stickers of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from a wall of factory. Kumar was working as a senior manager at a leading Sialkot factory that manufactures and exports sports products,
Indian man jailed in Saudi Arabia for tweeting against Prophet
Jan 29, 2019, at 03:25 pm
Riyadh, Jan 29 (IBNS): A Kerala man landed himself in jail in Saudi Arabia for reportedly posting a series of tweets criticising Prophet Mohammed, "hurting sentiments of people of the Muslim majority country."
Sacrilege law: Punjab's "aping of Pakistan" invites condemnation
Aug 23, 2018, at 04:26 pm
Chandigarh, Aug 23 (IBNS): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh may have other ideas about the sacrilege law, which has been passed unanimously by his cabinet, but to critics, it's another way to suppress free speech, similar to Pakistan's condemnable blasphemy laws.