28 Jul 2010 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
The Chairman of Pakistan’s Judicial Activism Panel, Azhar Siddique, has appealed to the Lahore High Court to permanently ban Facebook. The petition was lodged in wake of an “anti-Islam competition,” entitled “Everybody Burn Koran Day,” being hosted on the website. He additionally called upon authorities to outlaw displaying, publishing or televising blasphemous material of any religion.
16 Jul 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Prominent Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has placed the cartoonist responsible for the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day campaign on an hit list. Writing in English language Al Qaeda magazine Inspire, New Mexico born al-Awlaki branded Molly Norris a blasphemer and declared that she “does not deserve life, does not deserve to breathe the air”. In April 2010, Norris started a Facebook group encouraging people to draw Mohammed, in retaliation to Comedy Central’s decision to edit South Park’s depiction of the Islamic prophet, which resulted in Pakistan blocking the social networking site. The FBI has warned Norris of what they consider to be “a very serious threat”.
30 Jun 2010 | News and features
My victory over “his Holiness” reignites the debate on the place of religion in secular courts but the ordeal is not over yet. Hardeep Singh reports
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2 Jun 2010 | News and features, Uncategorized
Michael Harris interviews Hardeep Singh, the recent victor of the libel trial, His Holiness v Singh. What’s it like to be sued by a “holy man”?
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