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Blasphemy Law and the legacy of extremism in Pakistan - Arafat Mazhar - TPE #059
Arafat Mazhar is an academic, a musician and an animator. He is the founder and director of Engage, ShehriPakistan and Puffball Studio, the studio behind the brilliant dystopian short film, Shehr e Tabassum, directed by Arafat Mazhar himself.
From his early days of being in Jamaat-e-Islami to his seminal research on the Blasphemy law, Arafat Mazhar comes on the podcast to discuss the history of the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan and the legacy of extremism. Arafat talks about how the law came to be and the history of Islamic jurisdiction on the topic.
We discuss the role of religion in Pakistan…
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