Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Document: A Guide to the Blasphemy Laws of Pakistan

MEMRI  "...Following is a guide to various sections of the Chapter XV of the PPC, regarding the "Offences Relating to Religion:"
"Section 295: Harming or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult a religion
"Section 295-A: Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any section of society by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
"Section 295-B: Defiling the Holy Koran
"Section 295-C: Use of derogatory remarks regarding the Holy Prophet of Islam
"Section 296: Disturbing religious assembly
"Section 297: Trespassing on burial places
"Section 298: Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings*
"Section 298-A: Use of derogatory remarks regarding holy personages
"Section 298-B: Misuse of epithets, descriptions and titles reserved for certain holy personages or places
"Section 298-C: Person of Ahmadi group calling himself a Muslim or preaching or propagating his faith"
*They must have got this idea from American campus speech codes.

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