Religion-Fueled Mobs on the Rise Again in Pakistan
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-religious-violence.html
Instances of mob violence, and state-enforced criminal blasphemy cases, are more frequent in Pakistan than anywhere else, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-religious-violence.html
Instances of mob violence, and state-enforced criminal blasphemy cases, are more frequent in Pakistan than anywhere else, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Pakistan’s blasphemy law devastates scores of lives each year
https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/02/26/pakistans-blasphemy-law-devastates-scores-of-lives-each-year
https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/02/26/pakistans-blasphemy-law-devastates-scores-of-lives-each-year
Understanding the history and politics behind Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
https://theconversation.com/understanding-the-history-and-politics-behind-pakistans-blasphemy-laws-173570
Related:
https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-dilemma-over-the-blasphemy-law-in-pakistan/
https://theconversation.com/understanding-the-history-and-politics-behind-pakistans-blasphemy-laws-173570
Related:
https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-dilemma-over-the-blasphemy-law-in-pakistan/
The mob killing of a factory manager in Pakistan comes amid surge in anti-blasphemy violence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/24/pakistan-blasphemy-violence-labbaik/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/24/pakistan-blasphemy-violence-labbaik/
Historical Background – America’s Role:
30 years on, Zia ul-Haq’s extremist, military legacy alive and well in Pakistan
https://theprint.in/india/governance/30-years-on-zia-ul-haqs-extremist-military-legacy-alive-and-well-in-pakistan/100329/
But it was Zia’s measure aligning Islamic radicalism along with the sophisticated weaponry that was given to Pakistan by the US to help overthrow the Soviets in Afghanistan that will remain his unfortunate, lasting legacy. When the Soviets withdrew in 1989, badly bruised and beaten, the Americans stopped their gun-funding and Pakistan lapsed back into the Third World.
But the guns remained and the Islamic parties proliferated. By now, millions of Afghan refugees had streamed into Pakistan and they brought heroin with them. The preacher’s extremist fatwa was backed by boys with guns. Pakistan’s moderate, civilian space began to shrink.
The Forgotten Genocide – The Persecution of Hindus
in Kashmir
The Kashmir Files: When a Movie Makes You Cry
https://indiacurrents.com/the-kashmir-files-when-a-movie-makes-you-cry/
The Kashmir Files - Trailer
https://youtu.be/A179apttY58
30 years on, Zia ul-Haq’s extremist, military legacy alive and well in Pakistan
https://theprint.in/india/governance/30-years-on-zia-ul-haqs-extremist-military-legacy-alive-and-well-in-pakistan/100329/
But it was Zia’s measure aligning Islamic radicalism along with the sophisticated weaponry that was given to Pakistan by the US to help overthrow the Soviets in Afghanistan that will remain his unfortunate, lasting legacy. When the Soviets withdrew in 1989, badly bruised and beaten, the Americans stopped their gun-funding and Pakistan lapsed back into the Third World.
But the guns remained and the Islamic parties proliferated. By now, millions of Afghan refugees had streamed into Pakistan and they brought heroin with them. The preacher’s extremist fatwa was backed by boys with guns. Pakistan’s moderate, civilian space began to shrink.
The Kashmir Files: When a Movie Makes You Cry
https://indiacurrents.com/the-kashmir-files-when-a-movie-makes-you-cry/
The Kashmir Files - Trailer