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On June 10, Islamist mobs, enraged by the remarks made by Nupur Sharma, ran riot in numerous parts of the country

Wani claimed, "I have said in my earlier videos that my intention is never to hurt religious sentiments. Because our religion (Islam) teaches us tolerance."

AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel said, "Islam is a religion of peace. People are angry. We too demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged."

Saba Naqvi had shared a picture of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to mock the Shivling discovered inside Gyanvapi compound

The effigy is not real, not an actual person. But while we stare at it, thousands of people are running wild all over India, declaring that they want the real Nupur Sharma hanged, beheaded and brutalised.

Massive protests erupted at Delhi's Jama Masjid and UP's Saharanpur demanding arrest of Nupur Sharma

The Taliban have detained Afghan model and YouTuber Ajmal Haqiqi and three of his colleagues for insulting Islam.

Muslim cleric at Jamia Masjid in Bhaderwah in Doda district in Jammu issues beheading threat to Nupur Sharma and her supporters

The police arrested Kamlesh Tiwari's murderers and the law is taking its own course in this case as well. But what course did the law take about the 'Sar Tan Se Juda' mob? Did it take any action against it? No. It did not. This again underlines that the mob is more powerful than the State.

But if a stringent blasphemy law is needed, so be it, as long as it comes in after judicial reforms. Law that acts arbitrarily is no law.