Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Pakistan Daily Times columnist calls for end to "blasphemy laws" that create "supremacy of one religion"

Pakistan Daily Times: "Blasphemy in a human world" - Sikander Amani: "Whether you like it or not, the notion of blasphemy, or of 'defamation of religion', creates a hierarchy of beliefs which is simply incompatible with the plurality of the world, and the very right to hold a belief." "On the contrary, it seems to be the first step towards allowing for the supremacy of one religion..."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\17\story_17-3-2010_pg3_2
-- also linked at
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/end-blasphemy-law/
-- see additional reports on "blasphemy and defamation of religion" at:
http://www.realcourage.org/category/blasphemy-and-defamation-of-religion/

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