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Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Pakistani Islamists march to protest the Supreme Court lenient treatment of Asia Bibi, a Christian Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy, in Karachi, Feb. 1, 2019.ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images

Junaid Hafeez, a university lecturer in Pakistan, had been imprisoned for six years when he was sentenced to death in December 2019. The charge: blasphemy,...

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