Results 1–20 of 62 for blasphemy OR apostasy speaker:Jim Shannon

Pakistan (22 Mar 2011)

Jim Shannon: ...for our Government to convey to Pakistan in strong terms that something must be done on behalf of Christians in Pakistan, to ensure that they are not subjected to authoritarian and critical blasphemy laws?

Treatment of Christians — [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] (24 May 2011)

Jim Shannon: ...extremists seem to be very active in other parts of India, and they are not averse to dealing out physical abuse to Christians. A Christian professor’s hands were cut off after he was accused of blasphemy. In some countries, people do not actually have to commit blasphemy; they just have to be accused of it, and the story grows legs. Retribution then takes place. In Nigeria, as the hon....

[Philip Davies in the Chair] — Backbench business — Middle East and North Africa (17 Jul 2014)

Jim Shannon: ...basis of the change that we see. Kerolos Attallah was arrested in June for “liking” a Facebook page for Christians from a Muslim background—Knights of the Cross. In court, he was convicted of blasphemy and contempt of religion and was sentenced to six years in prison. I want to put this on the record. Demiana Emad, a 23-year-old social studies teacher, was sentenced to six months for...

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Jim Shannon: ...this case is that it is forbidden openly to practice other religions. To be a Christian in Saudi Arabia is to face persecution, limited freedom and liberties, and restrictions on what can be done. Apostasy—conversion to another religion—is punishable by death. The kingdom is also widely known to be a breeding ground for radical Islam, with allegations that Saudi funding is a major...

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Jim Shannon: ...gatherings’ at diplomatic compounds;”— because they have to try to hide what they are doing and when— “Christian Pakistani matrons scheduling the nursing rota risk false accusations of blasphemy—charges which could result in death.” That is everyday life in Saudi Arabia for Christian people. I will quote something connected to the sense that we are looking the other way and...

Backbench Business: Persecution of Religious Minorities: Pakistan — [Mr Andrew Turner in the Chair] (11 Feb 2016)

Jim Shannon: ...hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden asks us to consider the Ahmadiyyas, and other Members have illustrated the issues for them well. The clear discrimination against the Ahmadiyyas and Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have fostered a climate of religiously motivated violence and persecution focused on those people, who we know well and who the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West...

Business of the House (10 Mar 2016)

Jim Shannon: ...to five years in an adult prison for making an obnoxious mock Daesh video. Will the Leader of the House agree to a statement on the steps that the Government are taking to stem the worrying rise in blasphemy and contempt of religion charges in Egypt, and on the efforts that are being made to call for clemency for the four Christian schoolboys, their teacher and Islam al-Beheiry?

Exiting the European Union: Business of the House ( 1 Dec 2016)

Jim Shannon: The situation for Christians in Iran has deteriorated markedly. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was acquitted in 2012 after being charged with apostasy and sentenced to death, was recently re-arrested and charged, along with three church members, with “action against national security”. The church members are also appealing against a sentence of 80 lashes each for drinking wine during a...

Business of the House (19 Jan 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...convert from Islam, was accused of insulting the Prophet by republishing pictures and comments on Facebook, and arrested by the cybercrime unit in Algeria. He was given the maximum punishment for blasphemy under the Algerian penal code of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 dinars. On 8 January, a court of appeal upheld his conviction and sentenced him to one year’s...

Civil Society Space — [Mr Andrew Turner in the Chair] (26 Jan 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...the police, whose task that is. There is much evidence from across Pakistan to back that up. Lawyers and judges are particularly vulnerable when defending the rights of people accused of blasphemy. Lawyers who take on blasphemy cases are subjected to extreme pressure before, during and after court hearings. CSW reports that activists, “lawyers and district level judiciary have been...

Business of the House (22 Jun 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...Leader of the House to her place and wish her every success in her new position. She will be aware of my interest in human rights and equality issues. Only last week, Taimoor Raza was convicted of blasphemy by the Pakistani anti-terrorism court and has been handed the death penalty. That is a flagrant violation of international law, and it is the first time that someone has been charged...

Housing and Social Security (22 Jun 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...local organisations from operating and ordering their property to be seized by the state. That shows a clear escalation. In Pakistan, only last week a Shi’ite man, Taimoor Raza, was charged with blasphemy and handed the death sentence, contrary to international law. That underlines the issues there. In Myanmar, since 2012 over 168,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled the country because of...

International Day of Democracy ( 6 Sep 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...identity. Other groups deemed a threat are often targeted as well. I have already raised in the House the fact that a few months ago in Pakistan a Shi’ite man, Taimoor Raza, was charged with blasphemy and handed the death sentence for his comments on social media—the first time that has ever happened in the history of Pakistan. In Myanmar, which we debated in this House just yesterday,...

Backbench Business Committee: International Freedom of Religion or Belief Day — [Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair] (26 Oct 2017)

Jim Shannon: ...declared the promotion of atheism in any form to be terrorism—how can the two be equated? Earlier this year, the death sentence of a 29-year-old man, Ahmad al-Shamri, on charges of atheism and blasphemy was upheld, even after two appeals. Despite the variation in the scale of violations, there are recognisable patterns, and “Article 18: from rhetoric to reality” outlines good...

Royal Assent: Business of the House ( 7 Dec 2017)

Jim Shannon: Nepal has passed a new criminal code Bill, which criminalises so-called blasphemy and the conversion of others. There is widespread concern that this code will be used to target religious minorities and will have an impact on religious freedom, human rights and tolerance in Nepal. Would the Leader of the House agree to a ministerial statement on this important issue?

Backbench Business: Freedom of Religion or Belief — [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair] ( 1 Mar 2018)

Jim Shannon: ...about five issues; other Members will speak about others. They are: the mass violence of armed Fulani Muslim herders in their conflict with Christian farmers in Nigeria; the criminalisation of blasphemy and religious conversion in Nepal; the continued state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’is in Iran; forced conversion in Pakistan; and abuses of freedom of religion by the Eritrean state...

Backbench Business: Freedom of Religion or Belief — [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair] ( 1 Mar 2018)

Jim Shannon: ...the charitable activities of religious groups or speaking about one’s faith could be considered to be attempts to convert another person. The wording of the Bill is also similar to the wording of blasphemy laws in neighbouring countries, which have been widely misused to settle personal scores, to target religious minorities and to further extremist agendas. The introduction of the Bill...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Patras Masih (15 Mar 2018)

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the recent incident in Shahdara, Lahore where an allegation of blasphemy was made against a young Christian called Patras Masih; and if he will make a statement.

Christians Overseas (22 May 2018)

Jim Shannon: ...to his important response. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom of religion or belief, many things come to my attention. In Nepal, the new anti-conversion and blasphemy laws threaten Christians. In Nigeria, Christian farmers and others have been murdered in their thousands by the armed Fulani militias. In Pakistan, at least 1,000 Hindu and Christian...

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (24 May 2018)

Jim Shannon: ..., disseminating materials on their faith, or referring to their houses of worship as mosques. Any of the above is punishable by three years imprisonment and a fine. If the offence is regarded as blasphemy, then an Ahmadi could be sentenced to death. How tragic and how wrong that would be. Ahmadis are also technically prohibited from voting because in order to do so, the state requires them...


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