.... it's an even worse form of bullying to arrest children on trumped up charges of "blasphemy." Yet this is happening, time and again, in several Muslim-majority states. The latest examples from Egypt are only the most recent.
That's what the push for a global anti-blasphemy ban—which will not and must not succeed—is ultimately designed to do: rationalize such oppressive restrictions in those Muslim-majority states where they actually apply.
And, in practice, that means religious minorities, including children, will inevitably be subjected to grotesque abuses. If this isn't a wake-up call for everybody who thinks they are committed to freedom and democracy, I don't know what will be. [The Daily Beast] Read more
