The main stick used by Dinanth Batra to silence Wendy Doniger was a law called Section 295 (A) of the IPC.
I have a piece up on Scroll.in which goes back to 1920s Lahore and explores the history of how this blasphemy law came about [link].
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Showing posts with label Blasphemy. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A Short History of the Blasphemy Law Used Against Wendy Doniger And Why it Must Go
The main stick used by Dinanth Batra to silence Wendy Doniger was a law called Section 295 (A) of the IPC.
I have a piece up on Scroll.in which goes back to 1920s Lahore and explores the history of how this blasphemy law came about [link].
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