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Podcast: The Pakistan Experience
Episode: Why is there so much religious mob violence in Pakistan? - Shehzad Ghias Shaikh - #TPE
Description:
Why is there so much religious mob violence in Pakistan?
Sources:
1. Blasphemy and Violence by Ron E. Hassner
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23019512
2. Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blasphemy-in-the-christian-world-9780199570751
3. USCIRF's report: ENFORCING THE WORLD’S
BLASPHEMY LAWS
https://www.uscirf.gov/publication/violating-rights-enforcing-worlds-blasphemy-laws
4. Article by PEW Research Center
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/25/four-in-ten-countries-and-territories-worldwide-had-blasphemy-laws-in-2019-2/
5. “Plurality, Dissent and Hegemony: Th e Story Behind Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law” by Syed Zainuddin Moulvi and Arafat Mazhar
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/freedom-of-expression-in-islam-9780755637676/
6. Sahih Muslim 96
https://sunnah.com/muslim:96a
7. 2008 Unholy Speech and Holy Law...