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Mideast Protests Foreshadowing More Blasphemy Laws?
CBNNews.com ^ | Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Posted on 09/18/2012 5:10:44 PM PDT by robowombat

Mideast Protests Foreshadowing More Blasphemy Laws?

CBNNews.com Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Egypt has ordered the arrest of seven U.S.-based Coptic Christians for their alleged involvement in the making of the anti-Islam film that has sparked protests from Muslims worldwide.

Demands like this, as well as the violent attacks on U.S. missions in the Middle East, have created a foreign relations crisis.

Now, many are wondering if more needs to be done by the Obama administration as well as the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol.

Blasphemy laws restricting any negativity towards the Islamic faith are in place throughout the Arab world. Christians in these countries face continue persecution as a result.

Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, talked to CBN News more about these laws and their impact on Christians in the Middle East.

Shea also discussed the growing unrest in the region and how the United States has responded so far.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: blasphemylaws; istanbulprocess
Let us see what government first proposes some sort of a ban on saying anything negative about certain religious figures. If one does it it will be a big win for the Islamacists as they have intimidated the 'infidels' by just mobilizing the faithful within Muslim countries.
1 posted on 09/18/2012 5:10:46 PM PDT by robowombat
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