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Egyptian court blocks `YouTube` over blasphemous movie

Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 17:08

An Egyptian court on Saturday blocked video- sharing site `YouTube` for a month over hosting a blasphemous movie that had sparked deadly violence across the Muslim world last year.

Pak pastor forced to flee over blasphemy charges

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 17:51

A Pakistani pastor has been forced to abandon his house and flee in order to escape blasphemy charges after some of his parishioners accused him of defiling the Bible.

Five killed in Bangladesh clashes between Islamists and police

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 20:08

At least 5 people, were killed and over 50 others injured as police opened fire during clashes with Islamists who enforced nationwide shutdown demanding execution of "atheist bloggers" for blasphemy.

Pak court hearing petition seeking reopening of 84-yr-old case

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 14:26

Ghazi Ilamuddin killed Raj Pal for allegedly committing blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad and was sentenced to death by British judges in 1929.

Pakistani jailed for 10 years in blasphemy case

Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 14:20

The accused, Ghulam Ali Asghar, was booked on November 2011, on a charge of blaspheming the Holy Prophet by misquoting a Hadith in Punjabi language.

Alleged blasphemer in Pak ‘burnt to death’ by mob in front of police

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 13:22

A Pakistani man has reportedly been burnt to death by a mob for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a village in Dadu district of Sindh.

Pak woman facing death for blasphemy to seek asylum

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 11:55

Asia Bibi was sentenced in November 2010 to death by hanging after a conviction for blasphemy.

Pak police arrest Professor on blasphemy charge

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 15:57

Iftikhar Khan, a professor and author in his 60s, was accused of blasphemy by his nephew Sheikh Usman, a trader from Rawalpindi.

Christian blasphemy accused dies in custody in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 16:19

A 22-year-old Christian youth from Pakistan, accused of burning a copy of the Holy Quran, has died in police custody.

Dutch to scrap blasphemy law on insulting God

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 23:43

The Almighty will have to defend his own name from now on: Dutch parliament has accepted a motion that will scrap a law making it a crime to insult God.

US body pleased by dropping of blasphemy case against Pak girl

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 15:27

A US body on religious freedom has applauded the dropping of false blasphemy charges against a Christian girl in Pakistan and appealed to the country to reform its blasphemy law.

Pak court drops blasphemy case against Rimsha

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 12:43

The 14-year-old Christian girl accused of blasphemy for burning pages of Quran, was on Tuesday exempted of all charges against her by Islamabad High Court in Pakistan.