Pakistan’s Blasephemy Laws

Public debate on blasphemy laws is rare in Pakistan, a country whose future is fundamentally entwined with these laws. With so much at stake, five prominent experts on the subject weigh in.

by Usman Ahmed

Recent months have seen Pakistan’s blasphemy laws come under the spotlight once again. In January, five liberal-leaning bloggers and activists went missing under mysterious circumstances, with their disappearance strongly linked, in part, to their opposition to religious extremism. Though they have since been found alive and well, blasphem…