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How should Ireland vote in the referendum to repeal blasphemy #BlasphemyRef? It's time to listen to people who have suffered from "blasphemy" accusations in countries from around the world. #EndBlasphemyLaws
READ THEIR WORDS: iheu.org/blasphemy
READ THEIR WORDS: iheu.org/blasphemy
Alexander Aan, from Indonesia, was charged with “blasphemy” and “calling for others to embrace atheism” for asking online “If God exists, why do bad things happen?”. He was exposed, attacked by a mob, then convicted for “inciting religious hatred” and spent two years in jail.
Bonya Ahmed, was attacked along with her husband Avijit Roy on a visit back to their home country of Bangladesh. He was killed; targeted for supposed “insult to religion” in his writing. Bonya, also seriously injured, now campaigns for free expression and against extremism.
