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Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide
Silenced How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide
Author: Paul Marshall, Nina Shea
The fatwa against Salman Rushdie awakened many westerners to the danger of being accused of blasphemy in the Muslim world. As this eye-opening volume reveals, accusations of "blasphemy," "apostasy," or "insulting Islam" are increasingly used by authoritarian governments and extremist forces in the Muslim world to acquire and consolidate power. T...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199812264
ISBN-10: 0199812268
Publication Date: 10/31/2011
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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