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By Hugh Tomlinson & Haroon Janjua |
Islamist groups in Pakistan have blocked the release of an award-winning film claiming it is blasphemous, prompting fears of unrest with the director forced into hiding after threats to his family.
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Circus of Life won plaudits at a film festival in South Korea |
However, the film has outraged conservative groups in Pakistan. The political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), which campaigns on blasphemy issues and has grown in strength over recent years, denounced Circus of Life as blasphemous, warning it could “lead [people] to deviate from Islam and the Prophet”.
Continue reading @ The Sunday Times.
Blasphemy laws should be outlawed globally and any offending nation subject to appropriate UN sanctions.
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