Blasphemy Against Holy Personages
Individuals have been accused of blasphemy or of insulting Islam for:
- speaking ill of Allah.
- finding fault with Muhammad.
- slighting a prophet who is mentioned in the Qur'an, or slighting a member of Muhammad's family.
- claiming to be a prophet or a messenger.
- speculating about how Muhammad would behave if he were alive (Nigeria).
- drawing a picture to represent Muhammad or any other prophet, or making a film which features a prophet (Egypt).
- writing Muhammad's name on the walls of a toilet (Pakistan).
- naming a teddy bear Muhammad (Sudan). See Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case.
- invoking God while committing a forbidden act.
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Famous quotes containing the words blasphemy against, blasphemy and/or holy:
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew 12:31.
“And it seems to me a blasphemy to say that the Holy Spirit is Love. In the Old Testament it is an Eagle: in the New it is a Dove. Christ insists on the Dove: but in His supreme moments He includes the Eagle.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“There is a very holy and a very terrible isolation for the conscience of every man who seeks to read the destiny in affairs for others as well as for himself, for a nation as well as for individuals. That privacy no man can intrude upon. That lonely search of the spirit for the right perhaps no man can assist.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)