Tag: Islam and blasphemy

Facebook has rejected Pakistan’s demand to link new accounts on its main service to users’ mobile phone numbers. Officials had ...

An outspoken Pakistani student killed by a lynch mob was falsely accused of blasphemy, according to an official report that ...

The wife of Jakarta's Christian governor told a tearful press conference Tuesday her husband had withdrawn his appeal against a ...

Jakarta's jailed Christian governor Monday appealed his conviction for blaspheming Islam, his legal team said, as the United Nations stepped ...

Millions of Pakistanis have been receiving text messages from the government warning them against sharing "blasphemous" content online, a move ...

Indonesia is facing renewed calls to repeal its controversial blasphemy law after the jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor, with critics ...

New Zealand plans to scrap the crime of blasphemy after calls from across the political spectrum for reform in response ...

Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was jailed for ...

Jakarta’s Christian governor has been sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling critics fear will embolden ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years on Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga ...

The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen ...

Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta's Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in ...

Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation after a viewer claimed comments made by Stephen Fry on ...

Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors Thursday recommended only probation, a day after he lost ...

A Muslim former government minister took a strong lead Wednesday over Jakarta's Christian incumbent governor in a divisive run-off election ...

Polls opened Wednesday in Jakarta's election run-off with the Christian governor fighting for his job despite standing trial for blasphemy, ...

Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said, adding he ...

A Pakistani court has ordered the government to open an investigation into online "blasphemy", threatening to ban social media networks ...