What is blasphemy and are some forms of it worse than others? Our clergy discuss who gets hurt by it and why. Yes, there are degrees of blasphemy. Taking God's name in vain is less blasphemous than ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani Senate committee is set to debate how to prevent the country's blasphemy laws being applied unfairly, despite opposition from religious conservatives who support ...

Westerners are rallying in support of free speech and the right to question religion but only recently has political Islam encouraged violent intolerance of acts or words deemed blasphemous.

WASHINGTON — After drawings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad led to killings at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Ireland is facing renewed claims for an end to its ban on blasphemy. An ...