Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws?

Re:Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws? by MichaelGG on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:49PM (#14198903)

The most mentioned study on this topic that I've seen is: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religi...

Multiply the percentages out and it does not paint a favourable picture of the actual interpretation of Islam, as believed by most users.

It's odd that you're downvoted. It'd appear that most of the people in those countries would agree with your statement exactly. They are devout, and that is literally what they believe.

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Re:Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws? by Cyph0n on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:05PM (#14199018)

That's quite surprising actually. Given my own experience, I would have likely doubted these results had they not been published by Pew (or Gallup).

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Re:Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws? by duncan_bayne on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @01:45AM (#14200728)

I was surprised, too. My gut feel is that most Muslim people I've known _would_ be surprised, because they don't espouse such beliefs themselves, and they're not common among Muslim communities in the West.

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Re:Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws? by azernik on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:21PM (#14199473)

In what country do you live, and in which Muslim community do you practice? I would imagine that these views vary widely by culture, school, and region.

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Re:Why doesn’t Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws? by Cyph0n on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:25PM (#14199501)

The Muslim countries I've lived in are Tunisia (origin country) and the UAE.

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