The Issue of Blasphemy

CONTENTS ‘THROWING DUST ON THE SUN’ 56 A Work of Fiction 58 MISINFORMATION 61 THE OBEDIENCE OR DISOBEDIENCE OF GOD’S COMMAND 68 Writing and Speaking without Considering Reason, Law, and Shariah 71 THE WISDOM OF AVOIDANCE 75 Print Media, Electronic Media 81 THE ‘ERA OF FREEDOM’ 86 ‘GREATER PUNISHMENT’ 96 SECTION THREE 103 BECOMING THE SUBJECT OF RIDICULE 104 AN INTERACTION 106 A Reply to a Letter 110 Wrong Representation 113 A Review 115 The Politics of the Procession 120 Some Important Comments 121 IBN TAYMIYYAH’S BOOK 123 Not a Matter of Individual Rights 130 Ideological Response, Not Punishment