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Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide

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Blasphemy accusations in the Muslim world are increasingly used as key tools by authoritarian governments and extremist forces to acquire and consolidate their power. These charges, which draw on disputed interpretations of Islamic law and carry a traditional punishment of death, have proved effective in crushing or intimidating not only converts and heterodox groups, but also political and religious reformers. This volume provides the first world survey of the range and effects of such accusations in the contemporary ...

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Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide 2011, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780199812288

Trade paperback

Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide 2011, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780199812264

Hardcover