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The verse calls on Muslims to not blaspheme against deities of other religions, lest people of that religion retaliate by blaspheming against Allah. [6] And do not insult (wa la tasubbu) those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult (fa-yasubbu) Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds.
[106] [107] Because blasphemy in Islam included rejection of fundamental doctrines, [49] blasphemy has historically been seen as an evidence of rejection of Islam, that is, the religious crime of apostasy. Some jurists believe that blasphemy automatically implies a Muslim has left the fold of Islam. [108]
The Blasphemer: The Price I Paid for Rejecting Islam (original French title: Blasphémateur ! : les prisons d'Allah, "Blasphemer!Allah's Prisons") is an autobiography by Waleed Al-Husseini, a Palestinian ex-Muslim atheist activist who was imprisoned for online blasphemy, after which he was released and fled to France.
Faced with both the possibility of five years' imprisonment and an $800,000 fine, as well as threats against his safety, he fled the country. [6] On 13 June 2007, Sabri Bogday, a barber from Turkey, appeared at a General Court at Jeddah on a charge of blasphemy. Bogday confessed to "swearing at Allah." The Court (three judges) sentenced Bogday ...
The law against blasphemy complements laws against racial discrimination and incitement to violence. [citation needed] In 1966, the Public Prosecution Service prosecuted writer Gerard Reve under Article 147. In his novel Nader tot U ("Nearer to Thee"), Reve describes the narrator's sexual intercourse with God, who is incarnated in a donkey. The ...
Cases under the blasphemy law have also been registered against Muslims who have harassed non-Muslims. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In 2020, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) in a report entitled, Guilty until proven innocent: The sacrilegious nature of blasphemy laws in Pakistan , recommended wide-ranging changes to Pakistan's ...
The court had granted bail to an Ahmadi community member earlier this week, ruling that blasphemy charges against him did not stand. The man, accused of blasphemy for distributing Islamic ...
In Egypt, the Human Rights group Freedom House complains, "hundreds of hisba cases have been registered against writers and activists, often using blasphemy or apostasy as a pretext". [119] In one high-profile case, Nasr Abu Zayd , a Muslim scholar "critical of old and modern Islamic thought" was prosecuted under the statute when his academic ...