modern muslim world laws pertaining blasphemy vary country countries prescribe punishments consisting fines imprisonment flogging hanging beheading ref name psns p smith speak evil apostasy blasphemy heresy malaysian syariah law ''uc davis journal int'l law policy'' pp n swazo case hamza kashgari examining apostasy heresy blasphemy sharia ''the review faith international affairs'' ''' ''' pp nbsp ref blasphemy laws rarely enforced pre modern islamic societies modern era states radical groups used charges blasphemy effort
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