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Indonesian Comedian Jailed For 7 Months For Blasphemous Joke
A court in Muslim-majority Indonesia has handed a comedian a seven-month prison sentence for blasphemy after he made a joke about the name Muhammad, a local legal official said Tuesday.
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Indonesian TikToker Jailed For Video Showing Her Reciting Prayer Before Eating Pork
In the video, she was seen uttering a prayer that translates to "in the name of God", before consuming pork skin.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Man To 15 Years For "Promoting Atheism" In Tweets
Human Rights Watch said Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years for apostasy, urging the kingdom to prioritise decriminalising blasphemy amid a modernisation drive.
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No Evidence, No Witness: Pak Supreme Court Releases Man After 18 Years
After being in jail for over 18 years for charges under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, a death-row convict was finally acquitted by the country's Supreme Court due to lack of evidence.
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Reports Of Asia Bibi Leaving For Netherlands "Fake News", Says Pakistan
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman freed from jail after Pakistan's top court overturned her death sentence in a blasphemy case, has not left for the Netherlands and any report saying so is most likely "fake news", Pakistani authorities said today.
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Pak Christian Woman, Spared Death In Blasphemy Case, Freed From Jail
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy, has been freed from jail, her lawyer said Thursday.
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Asia Bibi Still In Jail A Week After Acquittal In Pakistan Blasphemy Case
One week after the country's highest court ordered her release, a Pakistani Christian who has spent eight years on death row for blasphemy was still in prison Wednesday, with no immediate prospect of freedom.
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"Moaning About Mosque Loudspeaker Not Blasphemy": Indonesian Muslim Group
Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance on Friday as it criticised a court that jailed a mother of four for blasphemy after complaining that a mosque in her neighborhood was too loud.
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Indonesian Woman, Who Complained About Mosque Being Too Loud, Jailed
An Indonesian court sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy on Tuesday, after she was accused of insulting Islam for complaining that neighborhood mosque was too loud.
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Pakistani Christian Jailed For Blasphemy Over Facebook Like
Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he "liked" an "inappropriate" photograph on Facebook of the Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
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Danish Bookseller Sentenced to 4 Years For Inciting Terrorism
A Danish-Moroccan bookseller has been jailed for four years for supporting and inciting terrorism in posts on Facebook.
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Veena Malik Sentenced to 26 Years in Jail for Blasphemy in Pakistan
A Pakistan court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of the country's biggest media group to 26 years in prison for broadcasting a show it said was blasphemous.
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Pakistani Court Awards Jail to Veena Malik, Husband And Media Group Owner
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday awarded 26-year jail term to owner of the country's major media group for airing "blasphemous contents" during a TV programme.
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Turkey Sentences Twitter User to Jail for Blasphemy: Report
A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday.
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Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years
A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy.
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Indonesian Comedian Jailed For 7 Months For Blasphemous Joke
A court in Muslim-majority Indonesia has handed a comedian a seven-month prison sentence for blasphemy after he made a joke about the name Muhammad, a local legal official said Tuesday.
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Indonesian TikToker Jailed For Video Showing Her Reciting Prayer Before Eating Pork
In the video, she was seen uttering a prayer that translates to "in the name of God", before consuming pork skin.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Man To 15 Years For "Promoting Atheism" In Tweets
Human Rights Watch said Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years for apostasy, urging the kingdom to prioritise decriminalising blasphemy amid a modernisation drive.
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No Evidence, No Witness: Pak Supreme Court Releases Man After 18 Years
After being in jail for over 18 years for charges under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, a death-row convict was finally acquitted by the country's Supreme Court due to lack of evidence.
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Reports Of Asia Bibi Leaving For Netherlands "Fake News", Says Pakistan
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman freed from jail after Pakistan's top court overturned her death sentence in a blasphemy case, has not left for the Netherlands and any report saying so is most likely "fake news", Pakistani authorities said today.
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Pak Christian Woman, Spared Death In Blasphemy Case, Freed From Jail
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy, has been freed from jail, her lawyer said Thursday.
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Asia Bibi Still In Jail A Week After Acquittal In Pakistan Blasphemy Case
One week after the country's highest court ordered her release, a Pakistani Christian who has spent eight years on death row for blasphemy was still in prison Wednesday, with no immediate prospect of freedom.
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"Moaning About Mosque Loudspeaker Not Blasphemy": Indonesian Muslim Group
Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance on Friday as it criticised a court that jailed a mother of four for blasphemy after complaining that a mosque in her neighborhood was too loud.
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Indonesian Woman, Who Complained About Mosque Being Too Loud, Jailed
An Indonesian court sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy on Tuesday, after she was accused of insulting Islam for complaining that neighborhood mosque was too loud.
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Pakistani Christian Jailed For Blasphemy Over Facebook Like
Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he "liked" an "inappropriate" photograph on Facebook of the Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
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Danish Bookseller Sentenced to 4 Years For Inciting Terrorism
A Danish-Moroccan bookseller has been jailed for four years for supporting and inciting terrorism in posts on Facebook.
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Veena Malik Sentenced to 26 Years in Jail for Blasphemy in Pakistan
A Pakistan court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of the country's biggest media group to 26 years in prison for broadcasting a show it said was blasphemous.
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Pakistani Court Awards Jail to Veena Malik, Husband And Media Group Owner
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday awarded 26-year jail term to owner of the country's major media group for airing "blasphemous contents" during a TV programme.
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Turkey Sentences Twitter User to Jail for Blasphemy: Report
A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday.
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Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years
A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy.
