Negligence or complicity?

Dawn by Naveen Naqvi | Aug. 4, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) The lesson is clear; the blasphemy law not only violates fundamental principles of justice, it distorts law into an instrument of sectarian witch-hunts and also of collective and individual reprisal. Its victims have ranged from an innocent Hafiz who was burned to death by a frenzied mob, to Pakistan’s most renowned social engineer Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan who suffered years of harassment, death threats and litigation for unsubstantiated allegations of blasphemy Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Religion
Topics: Terrorism, Pakistan, Islam
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Posted by: Posted by Sana Saleem - Aug 5, 2009 - 4:21 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Sana Saleem (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Randy Morrow (review), Mina (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 5, 2009 - 11:00 AM PDT

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 5, 2009

This piece stands a broad critique of the blasphemy law, but also many levels of Pakistani society, especially the religious orthodoxy. While it's hard to argue against what she's saying, Naqvi is missing a discussion of how these kinds of communal attacks have a long history in South Asia, and are often instigated by the political class.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Aug. 9, 2009
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Sana Saleem
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 by Sana Saleem - Aug. 5, 2009
Sana posted this story.
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Mina
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 by Mina - Aug. 12, 2009
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