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The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy lawsPeople gather around the body of a man who was killed when an enraged mob stoned him to death for allegedly desecrating the Quran, in eastern Pakistan in February 2022.AP Photo/Asim Tanveer

On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for...

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