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The Afghan journalism student who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islamic practice told the Independent on Sunday that he was not afforded a lawyer to represent him...

Khalid Sekander : "An Afghan university journalism student was recently convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by an Afghan trial court for expressing the idea that polygamy may be an inappropriate practice under Islam. The...

The Afghan journalism student who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islamic practice will be provided the right to appeal his death sentence in open court, an Afghanistan Supreme Court...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is concerned about the imposition of the death penalty against journalism student Sayad Parwez Kambaksh but will not intervene in the case pending Kambaksh's appeal, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday. Under...

An Afghan journalism student charged with blasphemy was sentenced to death Tuesday, following a recommendation from the Afghan Council of Mullahs. A three-judge panel found that papers printed from the Internet by 23-year-old Sayad Parwez Kambaksh, allegedly including discussion...

The Parliament of Pakistan Tuesday rejected a proposal to soften the country's strict blasphemy laws that impose death or life imprisonment for insults to the Prophet Mohammed. Minno Bhandara, a Christian lawmaker in the National Assembly,...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called for a ban on the "defamation of Islam" during his speech at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Citing feelings in the Muslim...

Leading Monday's international brief, an Afghani man is on trial for criminal charges punishable by death related to his conversion from Islam to Christianity over 16 years ago while working for a Christian aid organization in Pakistan. Abdul Rahman...

The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) has filed a complaint against the Canadian Western Standard magazine over its republication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Other Canadian media have refused...

At least five people protesting the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish and other European papers were killed in Afghanistan Monday when security forces and police opened fire on demonstrators as the cartoons...