Mob violence
-
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…
-
Blasphemy in Pakistan; NOT a Colonial Era Problem
Omar Ali reposts his overview of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to rebut the claim that they are a colonial legacy, arguing that the 1860 Indian Penal Code provision was mild and…
