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From The Sunday Times earlier in the year artists still living under threat from blasphemy laws designed to crush creativity. 

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.

Circus of Life won plaudits at a film festival in South Korea
Circus of Life portrays a struggling Muslim cleric who is ostracised after a video of him dancing at a wedding goes viral among his community. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October, where it won a prize for fiction.

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.

Islamists Block Release Of ‘Blasphemous’ Film In Pakistan

From The Sunday Times earlier in the year artists still living under threat from blasphemy laws designed to crush creativity. 

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.

Circus of Life won plaudits at a film festival in South Korea
Circus of Life portrays a struggling Muslim cleric who is ostracised after a video of him dancing at a wedding goes viral among his community. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October, where it won a prize for fiction.

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.

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1 comment:

  1. Barry Gilheany7:41 PM, May 17, 2020

    Blasphemy laws should be outlawed globally and any offending nation subject to appropriate UN sanctions.

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