Have you heard of Judith Miller?
On 10/24/05, Iskandar Hai, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4368704.stm > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Is fighting for the equality of women a blasphemy??? > > Sunday, 23 October 2005, 08:52 GMT 09:52 UK > > Jail term for Afghan journalist > > > Ali Mohaqiq Nasab Nasab says he does not recognise the court > The editor of a women's rights magazine in Afghanistan has > been sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy. > > The editor, Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, was convicted after a court in > Kabul concluded that several articles in his magazine Huquq-e > Zan were anti-Islamic. > > Correspondents say the case underlines the fragility of > journalistic freedom in post-Taleban Afghanistan. > > It also highlights a struggle between religious moderates and > extremists over what form Islam should take. > > Mr Nasab was arrested earlier this month after he published a > series of controversial articles. > > > hspacesrc He wrote what he had the right to write according > to Afghan law and press freedom and freedom of expressionsrc > Rahimullah Samande > Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association > > One of them argued that giving up Islam was not a crime that > should be punished by death, as sanctioned by some > interpretations of Islamic Sharia law. > > Other pieces criticised the practice of punishing adultery > with 100 lashes and argued that men and women should be > considered by Islamic law to be equals. > > Clerics' ruling > > The Ulema Council, a body of top Islamic clerics, reacted > strongly against the articles. > > "The Ulema Council sent us a letter saying that he should be > punished so I sentenced him to two years' jail," Judge > Ansarullah Mawizada told the Associated Press. > > Mr Nasab said that he didn't recognise the court and did not > accept its verdict. > > The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association has also > spoken out against the verdict, saying it was outside the > law. > > "He wrote what he had the right to write according to Afghan > law and press freedom and freedom of expression," the > association's president, Rahimullah Samander, told AFP. > > The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has > called for his immediate release. > > The editor has three weeks in which to appeal against the > verdict. > > In 2003, two journalists were arrested in Afghanistan over > charges of defaming Islam. > > They were later released on the orders of President Hamid > Karzai. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4368704.stm > > > > Among Muslim-majority countries, Pakistan has the harshest > anti-blasphemy law. In 1982, President Zia ul-Haq introduced > Section 295B to the Pakistani Code of Criminal Procedure > punishing "defiling the Holy Qu'ran" with life imprisonment. > In 1986, Section 295C was introduced, mandating the death > penalty for "use of derogatory remarks in respect of the Holy > Prophet". > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto > ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is > intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity > named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy > and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. 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