MPs push to abolish blasphemy law
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A fresh attempt to abolish the blasphemy law is expected as the Criminal Justice Bill returns to the Commons.
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The British Parliament is considering new legislation that would give ISPs the right to ban users over the downloading of pirated material.
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"We cannot have a reincarnation of the old 'sus' laws under which mostly black people, ethnic minorities, were literally stopped on sight and that created a really bad atmosphere and an erosion of civil liberties."  British police could get powers to stop and question anyone in the UK under proposed tough new anti-terror laws. via Boston Today
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KAMPUNG PULAU MELAKA, Malaysia  - Malaysia's Islamist opposition party called on non-Muslims on Thursday to back its election campaign to apply strict sharia law, including amputations and stonings, for the country's Muslims.
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Fiona McTaggart is depressed. The UK Home Office minister responsible for new legislation to outlaw incitement to religious hatred just doesn&#39;t get what this has to do with the closure on
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Lawmakers from a coalition of six Islamic groups threatened on Tuesday to vacate their parliamentary seats if Pakistan's government changes a rape law criticized by human rights activists.
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Legislation implemented by New England's devout earliest residents, such as laws against blasphemy and adultery, are coming under fire as not just anachronistic but also potentially harmful -- and, in some cases, unconstitutional.
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Iraq's acting parliamentary speaker urged political blocs on Thursday to end their boycott of the legislature to help push through vital laws that would help ease sectarian tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in.
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MPs look set to say goodbye to the term 'Strangers' - the centuries-old Commons name for members of the public.
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MPS who kept Baha Mousa&#39;s case in the public eye last night demanded a wide-ranging investigation into all allegations of brutality by British troops.
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The leader of the world's Anglicans said on Friday that the Church of England will not resist the British government's attempt to repeal the country's blasphemy laws.
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A Labour MP calls for an end to contract cleaning in NHS hospitals in a bid to crack down on the MRSA superbug.
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Indonesian lawmakers have watered down  an anti-pornography bill following criticism that it could  restrict freedom and threaten the country's tolerant tradition,  the parliamentary speaker said on Wednesday.
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LONDON, Jan 29 (IPS) - The European Parliament passed a unanimous   resolution this week urging a Europe-wide ban on incitement to  racial and  religious hatred. That specifically could include a  ban on the swastika,  the symbol adopted by the Nazis.
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The parliament on Friday asked the government to draft legislation compelling Dutch mosques to employ only imams who have studied Islamic religion in the Netherlands.
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Malaysia's  Islamist opposition party called on non-Muslims on Thursday to  back its election campaign to apply strict sharia law,  including amputations and stonings, for the country's Muslims.