Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Freethinker

Home
Nonreligious

Blasphemy

Select a Category Archive My Atheism News Opinion Reviews Uncategorized

Select a Month December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 March 2007 April 2006 February 2006

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Three women are to be put on trial for parading a giant vagina

Thanks to an intervention by Spain's Association of Christian Lawyers (ACL), three women who paraded...

April 19, 2017

Play featuring biblical figures as gay branded 'blasphemous'

America Needs Fatima, a conservative Catholic group, has slammed an Atlanta theatre for planning to...

April 17, 2017

Pakistan: another 'blasphemer' killed by murderous Islamists

University student Mashal Khan, above, was brutally slain in Pakistan on the morning of April...

April 04, 2017

International Atheist of the Year ceremony held in Poland

At the weekend, the International Atheist Award was jointly handed in Warsaw to Michael Nugent,...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Good news: Singapore blogger is granted asylum in the US

Teenage blogger Amos Yee, above, who was jailed twice in Singapore for posting political and...

March 20, 2017

Pakistan wants help to silence 'blasphemers' worldwide

Satirists have jumped at the opportunity to point and laugh at Pakistan's plan to to...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Denmark hits Koran burner with its ancient blasphemy law

The 'crime' of blasphemy in Denmark has been around for over 150 years, and the...

December 2016

December 23, 2016

Christian killjoys queer the pitch for gay nativity figurines

When the demented Andrea Williams of Christian Concern got wind of the fact that Christmas...

December 18, 2016

MP slams BBC for vilifying Olympic athlete Louis Smith

Conservative MP Charles Walker has accused the BBC of placing itself 'firmly at the head...

December 16, 2016

Spanish sex shop forced to remove display of holy dildos

The shop – Non Sit Peccatum – in the town of Talavera de la Reina...

December 03, 2016

Santa vs Jesus game slammed for being 'blasphemous'

A Christmas-themed board game that pits Jesus against Santa 'trivialises Christian belief' by portraying the...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Artist Abel Azcona cleared of blasphemy by a judge in Spain

Last year performance artist Abel Azcona horrified Catholics in Pamplona, Spain, when he used 242...

November 06, 2016

Indonesian Islamists riot over Governor's alleged blasphemy

Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon at the weekend to quell a violent...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

Blasphemy acquittal is no guarantee of Asia Bibi's safety

If Pakistan's Supreme Court decides tomorrow (Thursday) to quash the death sentence imposed in 2010...

October 06, 2016

Man faces jail for pulling the plug on Buddhist broadcast

Dutch citizen Klaas Haytema, 30, above, is awaiting trial on a charge of insulting religion...

October 03, 2016

Egyptian TV presenter approves shooting of Jordanian writer

Reporting on the assassination a week ago of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar, Hani Nahhas, above,...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Teenage blogger jailed in Singapore for the second time

Fifteen months after he was given a prison sentence for 'wounding religious feelings', teenage blogger...

September 26, 2016

Theroux's Scientology movie won't be screened in Ireland

Back in October 2015, Louis Theroux's film, My Scientology Movie, was shown at the London...

September 25, 2016

Jordanian writer, on trial for insulting God, is shot dead

Nahid Hattar, above, was hit earlier today by three bullets outside court in the capital...

September 20, 2016

Turkish pianist finally cleared of insulting 'Islamic values'

Back in 2012 we reported on the plight of internationally famous pianist, Fazil Say, who...

September 04, 2016

Blogger arrested for playing Pokémon Go in a church

Ruslan Sokovsky, above, a young Russian blogger from Yekaterinburg, has been arrested for playing Pokémon...

July 2016

July 07, 2016

Glasgow shopkeeper slain for claiming to be a prophet

Tanveer Ahmed, 32, above, has admitted murdering a Glasgow shopkeeper in a religiously motivated attack....

June 2016

June 30, 2016

New blasphemy case accents Islam's passion for slaughter

Two Christians and a Muslim have been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. Anjam...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Bangladesh: two teachers jailed for insulting Islam

Invoking an arcane law from British colonial rule that makes insulting any religion a crime,...

April 24, 2016

Slain prof: humanists slam latest Bangladeshi atrocity

The murder yesterday of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, above, prompted the President of the International...

April 03, 2016

Pakistan lawyer campaigns to have 'blasphemers' executed

On Saturday BBC Radio 4 broadcast a chilling programme called 'Blasphemy and and the Governor...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Egyptian Justice Minister loses job for 'blasphemous' remark

In what has been described as 'a slip the tongue', Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind...

March 03, 2016

Russian man may be jailed for claiming that there is no God

Viktor Krasnov, 38, above, is on trial in Russia for insulting the feelings of religious...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Egyptian courts ridiculed after toddler and teens are jailed

'There is no justice in Egypt. No reason. Logic committed suicide a while ago. Egypt...

February 21, 2016

Reward for death of Salman Rushdie is renewed in Iran

A new $600,000 bounty for the death of British Indian author Salman RushdieForty has been...