Case History
Welcome to VOSAN, the Victims of Sharia Action Network. We have launched this initiative as a way of tracking the harm that sharia does to human rights all over the world.
VICTIM OF SHARIA | COUNTRY | OFFENCE UNDER SHARIA |
RIGHTS AFFECTED
|
STATUS OF CASE |
TIM BURTON
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United Kingdom | Effectively alleged Islamic Slander/talebearing (ghiba/namima) | Freedom of expression | Waiting for case to come to court in February 2014 – for ‘racially aggravated harassment, after his post on Twitter described a prominent individual as “a mendacious grievance-mongering taqiyya-artist”.’ |
ALBINA KURMANBEKOVA | United States | Apostasy from Islam (Ridda) |
Freedom of religion
Gender equality
|
Facing deportation to Kyrgyzstan |
BISHOY ARMIYA | Egypt |
Apostasy from Islam (Ridda)
|
Freedom of religion | In prison for “contributing to a ‘false image’ that Christians in Minya are a target of violence.” |