Police arrested six people in Kano on Friday, after youth set fire on a sharia court scheduled to hear
a case of blasphemy.
In
the case of blasphemy, a person is not only denying who God says He is, but mocking His character and attributes, such as unconditional love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, and justice.
Not exact matches
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)- Pakistani police say a Muslim cleric planted evidence to link a Christian girl to
blasphemy - a new twist in a
case that has fanned flames
of religious tension in the country and attracted worldwide interest.
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)- A Christian girl accused
of violating Pakistani
blasphemy laws by allegedly burning pages containing texts from the Quran will have to wait at least another two weeks to learn her fate after a court ordered a stay
of proceedings in her
case Monday.
Both
cases have caused national uproar; about 150 radical clerics have called on the government to hang Bibi and others accused
of blasphemy.
Noreen's
case has attracted worldwide attention and led to widespread criticism
of Pakistan's
blasphemy laws, as well as raised hopes the laws would finally be amended.
CNN: Setback for Pakistani teen facing
blasphemy charges A Christian girl accused
of violating Pakistani
blasphemy laws by allegedly burning pages containing texts from the Quran will have to wait at least another two weeks to learn her fate after a court ordered a stay
of proceedings in her
case Monday.
I love tomatoes so much that I even occasionally take part in the
blasphemy that is «sun - dried tomatoes,» most
of which are about as dried out in the sun as I am this week — unfortunately not the
case for either
of us.
It is the prosecution's view that the circumstances surrounding the burning
of holy books like the Bible and the Qur «an imply that it may in some
cases be a violation
of the
blasphemy provision, which deals with public mockery or insult against a religion.