blasphemous

Example Sentences

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So much, in fact, that he’d begun to entertain a blasphemous thought.

From Washington Post

The allegations came just after the Taliban offered security for rituals and processions during Ashura, a significant Shiite commemoration that is considered blasphemous by hardline Sunnis.

From Washington Post

The Taliban considered them blasphemous, and boasted that their destruction was holy.

From New York Times

Public executions and floggings were common, Western films and books were banned, and cultural artefacts seen as blasphemous under Islam were destroyed.

From Reuters

Last year, Punjab’s curriculum and textbook board banned a hundred school books in a single day because of content they described as “anti-Pakistan” and “blasphemous.”

From New York Times