According to Mission Network News, the bill purposefully uses vague wording, allowing for a broad interpretation and application against members of religious minorities.
Activists argue the measure will reduce the suffering of the livestock, but Jewish and Muslim critics of the regulation point out that it curbs religious freedom.
An Australian academic who renounced Islam and created an organisation helping other women who do the same has been arrested and charged with blasphemy in Tanzania.
A court in Pakistan has released on bail a Muslim man who abducted, raped and forced a 13-year-old Christian girl into an Islamic “marriage,” based on his argument that the girl had attained puberty.
A Catholic bishop in Belarus has warned his Church is being barred from “telling the truth” and “living under a system of repression” after the arrest of four priests on charges of incitement and participation in unauthorised events.
The initiative was introduced by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and as a result the international community will observe International Day for Human Fraternity annually beginning in 2021.
