Why is there so much religious mob violence in Pakistan?

Sources:

1. Blasphemy and Violence by Ron E. Hassner

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23019512

2. Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blasphemy-in-the-christian-world-9780199570751

3. USCIRF's report: ENFORCING THE WORLD’S

BLASPHEMY LAWS

https://www.uscirf.gov/publication/violating-rights-enforcing-worlds-blasphemy-laws

4. Article by PEW Research Center

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/25/four-in-ten-countries-and-territories-worldwide-had-blasphemy-laws-in-2019-2/

5. “Plurality, Dissent and Hegemony: Th e Story Behind Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law” by Syed Zainuddin Moulvi and Arafat Mazhar

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/freedom-of-expression-in-islam-9780755637676/

6. Sahih Muslim 96

https://sunnah.com/muslim:96a

7. 2008 Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan - Controversial Origins, Design Defects by Zahra Hayat and Osama Siddique:

https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mjil/25/

8. Capitulating to the TLP - The Nation

https://www.nation.com.pk/04-Nov-2018/capitulating-to-the-tlp

Podcasts:

1. Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DZ6h3LcF6o

2. Arafat Mazhar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msRmoRak8LA

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Corelation does not imply causation

3:30 Blasphemy and Violence

9:00 The Illusion of the Oppressed Majority

15:30 Blasphemy Law and Islam

19:30 History of Mob Violence in Pakistan

26:20 Other factors