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Understanding the history and politics behind Pakistan's blasphemy laws

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Porteous Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
imageMembers of a civil society group participate in a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Pakistan.AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary

A Sri Lankan working in Pakistan, Priyantha Kumara, was lynched by a mob of hundreds of people on Dec. 3, 2021, over allegations of blasphemy, or...

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