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#CristoLGBT thread / Premessa: non è una gara a chi l’ha fatto prima o dopo (anche perché Avoja a rappresentazioni “blasfeme” ai Pride! Evviva!) anzi è affermazione che facciamo queste cose, in certi momenti, quando più ci sentiamo sotto attacco. ⤵️ 
#orgoglio #ostentazione di @Andrea414 e @porporamarcasciano a #romapride2021 per me è ciò che siamo. Irriverenza ma anche smascheramento in maschera delle maschere altrui. Sono tanto friendLY MA Hanno tanti amici gay MA Non hanno niente contro MA … ⤵️
Queste foto sono state scattate a #pompeipride2018 Avevo fatto da poco #comingout come persona #transgender e quel #pride🌈 era stato duramente attaccato dai #fascisti di #forzanuova
«Se venite a frocieggiare fuori il santuario vi pigliamo a calci sulle gengive ⤵️
«Se venite a frocieggiare fuori il santuario vi pigliamo a calci sulle gengive ⤵️
#EndBlasphemylaws "Any Western state, including France, which “allows” blasphemy against Islam also permits the same against other religions. "
"Instead of taunting parallels between Holocaust denial and caricatures of Muslim prophets, a more valid global comparison would focus on blasphemy laws, which exist across 77 countries, and what the impact of censoring blasphemy has on rights and lives."
"Blasphemy is a capital offense only in Muslim-majority countries. 12 Muslim-majority states have established the death penalty with 20 others establishing prison sentences. "
'Blasphemy' laws kill. They are used to persecute minorities including the non-religious. They are used as a political tool of oppression. They lend false legitimacy to extremists who claim the right to murder those accused. They always violate freedom of thought and expression.
Greece was right to abolish 'blasphemy' as part of a bill designed to clear out anachronistic laws earlier this year. The government is so, so wrong to even consider bringing 'blasphemy' back in another form. Ever. #endblasphemylaws … and keep them ended!
Amazing! 1 day later and the Greek justice minister has withdrawn plans to bring back 'blasphemy' law citing negative reactions ekathimerini.com/246382/article…
Protest can work. It's easy to be cynical about "clicktivism" & lobbying, but politicians can be moved by a principled backlash!
Protest can work. It's easy to be cynical about "clicktivism" & lobbying, but politicians can be moved by a principled backlash!
It is good to see Asia Bibi finally leaving Pakistan after years of persecution for alleged 'blasphemy': bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… #AsiaBibi #blasphemy
But a disparity is highlighted here. THREAD >
But a disparity is highlighted here. THREAD >
While the case of Asia Bibi, a Christian, has seen prominent news coverage globally, other cases, more associated with secular criticism of religion, have been downplayed.
For example: Soheil Arabi in Iran en-hrana.org/soheil-arabi-s… (like Asia Bibi, his so-called 'blasphemy' was equated with activity against the state)
Some accused of 'blasphemy' are campaigners, politicians, journalists. Others are ordinary members of communities, accused out of prejudice.
Activist or ordinary person, religious or non-religious, these prosecutions are always a deep injustice. #EndBlasphemyLaws
#FreeAsiaBibi
Activist or ordinary person, religious or non-religious, these prosecutions are always a deep injustice. #EndBlasphemyLaws
#FreeAsiaBibi
Update on Asia Bibi final appeal of death sentence for "blasphemy": Reports from Pakistan suggest the Supreme Court has reserved judgment today (they will issue a final decision later - but no time seems to be specified). Not unusual in itself. #FreeAsiaBibi
Our hope — as must be the hope of all who value social justice and freedom of religion or belief — is the court will overturn her conviction, and comment on the atrocious state of 'blasphemy' law, its dire consequences on people and communities, and the violence it engenders.
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.
