All 4 Uses
blasphemy
in
I Am Malala
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- Muslims widely considered it blasphemous and it provoked so much outrage that it seemed people were talking of little else.†
p. 45.8 *blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
- I am representing good Muslims and we all think your girls' school is haram and a blasphemy.†
p. 94.3
- In Pakistan we have something called the Blasphemy Law, which protects the Holy Quran from desecration.†
p. 207.7
- He called the Blasphemy Law a "black law," a phrase which was repeated by some of our TV anchors to stir things up.†
p. 208.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(blasphemy) something said or done that is disrespectful of something considered sacred -- especially God or religion
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)