The Reality of Anti-Blasphemy Laws

by Hussein Ibish
Daily Beast
October 4, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/3321/the-reality-of-anti-blasphemy-laws

Excerpt:

After all the grandstanding by various Muslim leaders at the recent U.N. General Assembly meeting, and by the Organization of Islamic Conference, on the need for global anti-blasphemy laws, the Egyptian legal system has been thoughtful enough to provide us with a timely demonstration of what such restrictions look like in practice. Two Coptic Christian children Nabil Nagy Rizk, 10, and Mina Nady Farag, 9, were arrested yesterday on charges of "insulting religion" in the governorate of Beni Suef. The two children are being held in a juvenile detention center awaiting further investigation and possible criminal prosecution.

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