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                                <title><![CDATA[ Troops deployed to guard Pakistani Christians after mob torches churches ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pakistan PM orders Wikipedia website unblocked ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over 'blasphemous content' ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia bar chain shut after blasphemy charges over drinks promotion ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:12:59 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The drinks promotion at the 'Holywings' chain prompted a police investigation after complaints by religious groups. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesian police arrest 6 for ‘blasphemy’ over bar promotion ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:26:04 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Several youth organisations reported the management to police for allegedly committing blasphemy, while other groups threatened to raid the bar chain's locations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Protests rock Nigerian city after blasphemy killing ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 00:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Muslim youths took to the streets of the city, lighting bonfires and demanding the release of the two detained suspects. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lynch mob stones mentally ill man to death in Pakistan ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The lynching happened after it was alleged that the victim had burned some pages of the Quran. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sri Lankan factory manager lynched and set on fire in Pakistan ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Local media say the incident was linked to alleged blasphemy, a galvanising issue in Pakistan where even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam can supercharge protests and incite lynchings. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Troops deployed after mob attacks Pakistan Hindu temple over ‘blasphemy boy’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The mob was enraged after a boy aged eight, accused of blasphemy, was released on bail. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 11 convicted of cyberbullying French teen with death threats over anti-Islam videos ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:52:56 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The case addressed sensitive issues in France, from the effects of cyberbullying to attitudes to religious minorities. ]]></description>
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