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Amina Ahmed, wife of Mubarak Bala, recently convicted of blasphemy, displays her husband’s photo in Abuja, Nigeria. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

May 15, 2022

Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: an explainer

AbdulRazzaq A. Alaro, University of Ilorin

Insults against religion are illegal in Nigeria’s multi-faceted legal codes.

A painting made by French street artist Christian Guemy in tribute to the members of those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015. AP Photo/Michel Euler

September 15, 2020

Charlie Hebdo shootings served as an extreme example of the history of attacks on satirists

Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis

The French satirical magazine republished the controversial caricatures of Prophet Muhammad. An expert says satire has often been a subject of condemnation.

A protester walks near burning police cars during a clash with police at a protest against allegedly blasphemous remarks by Jakarta’s then governor, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, outside the presidential palace in Jakarta in November 2016. Mast Irham/EPA

May 14, 2018

Behind the rise of blasphemy cases  in Indonesia

Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun, Universitas Indonesia

The reasons for the rise in the number of blasphemy cases in Indonesia since the reform era are more than just religious ones.

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