Blasphemy laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority countries

*Recording of the following webinar*

Featuring:

Professor Sahar Aziz (Moderator)

Speakers:

Prof. Khaled Abou Elfadl
UCLA Law School

Mustafa Akyol
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

Prof. Ahmet Kuru
San Diego State University

Dr. Basheer Ahmed
Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX

Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi
President, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

Description:

Blasphemy laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority countries
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Do blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority countries violate Qur’anic teachings?

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The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Human Rights Program, would like to invite you to join us as a panelist/speaker on a Zoom Webinar on "Blasphemy laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority countries".

We believe the penalty of death, imprisonment and torture carried out as punishment for the crime of blasphemy are arbitrary, used frequently to justify mob violence and vigilantism, and as a pretext to settle personal scores - all clear violations of Qur'anic principles of human rights and dignity. The recent attack against author Salman Rushdie was widely condemned, and has tarnished the image of Islam and Muslims in America and in the World. The time to speak against it is now!

We are reaching out to American Muslim scholars across the nation who have written or spoken against blasphemy laws to participate on the panel, in order to have a frank, open, and honest discussion on this very important and timely topic.