Blasphemy
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Blasphemy Laws and Blasphemy Killings in Pakistan
Omar Ali reposts his 2015 essay, revised in 2021, on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws after two recent cases in which police killed accused blasphemers in custody, and argues that the state…
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Blasphemy and blasphemy laws in Pakistan
Reposting a 2015 piece revised in 2021, the author argues that blasphemy cases in Pakistan have reached a new level, with police now killing accused men in custody, and questions…
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Why do Muslims React More to France Than to China?
After two beheading attacks in France, the author asks why Muslim anger over perceived blasphemy is directed at France rather than China, and argues Western leaders and outlets avoid crossing…
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Western civilization is Indo-Islamic under its skin
Recalling how Indian and Muslim sensitivity to criticism of religion once seemed absurd, the author argues American culture is now drifting toward the same identitarian honour culture, adding that this…
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Homoeroticism, Blasphemy, and Classical Muslim Society
Omar Ali posts a Twitter thread by Irfan Muzammil on homoeroticism and blasphemy in classical Muslim society, starting from the Abbasid poet Abu Nuwas, and adds his own brief comments…
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Sunday Thoughts
X.T.M announces that Kabir is again an author and that he can add contributors, restates that BP is not a safe space but personal abuse is out, and comments on…
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Red Lines on BP
X.T.M states his preferred motto for BP, ‘Nothing is Sacred’, says personal abuse is below the line, and distinguishes Islamophobia from criticising Islam or his own Bahá’í faith.
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Blasphemy, blasphemy laws, Pakistan, Charlie Hebdo..
The author gives an overview of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and argues that blaming ‘colonial era’ law is misleading, tracing how the 1860 Penal Code provision differed from later additions, and…
