Read more blasphemy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17699/blasphemy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCan a non-religion schism? Maybe that’s too dramatic a phrase, but there’s a rift growing between so-called “new atheists,” who favor an aggressive, mocking stance toward religion, and the old live-and-let-live kind. On “Blasphemy Day” last month, for example, new atheists were out in force, “de-baptizing” each other with hair...http://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 11:28:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40607/afghan-writers-death-sentence-reduced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParwez Kambakhsh won’t be executed for distributing literature on women’s rights, but the student and part-time journalist will spend the next 20 years in prison, an Afghan appeals court ruled yesterday. “This is arguably worse for him,” one human-rights advocate told the Los Angeles Times of the 24-year-old’s death sentence...http://www.newser.com/story/40607/afghan-writers-death-sentence-reduced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 14:21:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23927/gay-last-supper-sparks-rage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tiny Vienna museum with ties to the Catholic Church has became the target of worldwide outrage after displaying a homoerotic mural depicting the Last Supper, ABC News reports. The painting, by one of Austria's most cherished artists, shows naked apostles drinking and having an orgy. It has now been...http://www.newser.com/story/23927/gay-last-supper-sparks-rage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Apr 2008 11:14:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20853/teddy-teacher-spurs-uk-to-kill-own-blasphemy-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's House of Lords voted yesterday to abolish blasphemy laws after an international incident sparked debate over secularism and tradition, the Los Angeles Times reports. With the UK and Sudan at odds in November over the prosecution of a British teacher allowing students to name a teddy bear Mohammad, many...http://www.newser.com/story/20853/teddy-teacher-spurs-uk-to-kill-own-blasphemy-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Mar 2008 14:12:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18000/afghan-senate-revokes-call-for-execution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFollowing international outcry, the Afghan Senate has withdrawn its call for the execution of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, a 23-year-old student convicted of blasphemy for downloading a report on women's rights. The Senate now calls its previous endorsement of the death penalty for Kambaksh "a technical mistake," raising hopes that Kambaksh...http://www.newser.com/story/18000/afghan-senate-revokes-call-for-execution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 Feb 2008 13:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17825/afghan-student-faces-death-for-blasphemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProtesters in Afghanistan and abroad have taken up the cause of a journalism student sentenced to death for blasphemy after he downloaded and distributed a document on women and the Koran. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, 23, was convicted in an Islamic court, and the country's Senate has upheld the ruling. He...http://www.newser.com/story/17825/afghan-student-faces-death-for-blasphemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jan 2008 8:43:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13380/springer-opera-dodges-blasphemy-bullet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British court has ruled that the BBC can't be prosecuted for blasphemy for airing Jerry Springer—The Opera , which features scenes set in Hell with Jesus and Satan. The High Court ruled that not only is the opera not blasphemous—because it satirizes a TV show rather than attacking...http://www.newser.com/story/13380/springer-opera-dodges-blasphemy-bullet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Dec 2007 21:33:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13056/teddy-teacher-may-gain-early-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Muslim lawmakers came to Sudan today to push for the early release of the teacher whose class set off a national furor by naming a teddy bear Muhammad, the BBC reports. The move raised hopes that Sudan leaders can free her to a Muslim delegation without angering protesters calling...http://www.newser.com/story/13056/teddy-teacher-may-gain-early-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Dec 2007 10:27:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12614/teacher-held-for-teddy-bear-blasphemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA UK teacher in Sudan may get 40 lashes and a 6-month sentence over a teddy bear named "Mohammed," the Telegraph reports. Sudanese cops nabbed Gillian Gibbons yesterday for blasphemy after she let her elementary school kids name the bear after Islam's prophet. School director Robert Boulos, who has closed...http://www.newser.com/story/12614/teacher-held-for-teddy-bear-blasphemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Nov 2007 19:25:57 CST