Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States To Repeal Death Penalty For Blasphemy

By Christine M. Sequenzia and Soraya M. Deen*

Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors.

For the past 70 years, Article 18 of the United Nations Declaration of...