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'''Ayaz Nizami''' is a blogger from [[Pakistan]] known for when he was arrested on 24 March 2017 for alleged [[blasphemy]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4345364/Pakistani-police-prevent-clerics-rally-against-blasphemy.html|title=Pakistan: More bloggers charged, cleric's rally blocked|work=Mail Online|access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://usmanawan.com/ayaz-nizami-story-behind-this-blasphemy-act/|title=Who is Ayaz Nizami? Triggering The Blasphemous Spark, Again!|date=2017-03-29|work=Muhammad Usman Awan - Social Activist from Pakistan|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref> and is currently facing the death penalty on such charges.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/24-Mar-2017/blasphemy-crackdown-fia-arrests-2-suspects-from-karachi|title=Blasphemy crackdown: FIA arrests 2 suspects from Karachi|work=The Nation|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ummat.net/2017/03/25/news.php?p=story1.gif|title=http://ummat.net/2017/03/25/news.php?p=story1.gif|last=www.ummat.net|website=ummat.net|language=en|access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://ex-muslim.org.uk/2017/03/details-on-the-cases-of-ayaz-nizami-and-rana-noman/|title=Details on the cases of Ayaz Nizami and Rana Noman|work=Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref> Before his arrest, he allegedly translated materials critical of Islam to [[Urdu]] for publishing.<ref name=":2" /> Nizami founded the website ''realisticapproach.org'', a website in Urdu about [[irreligion]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://realisticapproach.org |title=جراتِ تحقیق - ہمتِ کفر ملے جراتِ تحقیق ملے |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829141838/http://realisticapproach.org/ |archivedate=2015-08-29 }}</ref> and allegedly served as the vice president of the Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://extranewsfeed.com/when-atheism-becomes-terrorism-in-pakistan-8e4b5d486bce|title=When Atheism becomes Terrorism in Pakistan – Extra Newsfeed|date=2017-04-04|work=Extra Newsfeed|access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref> Two other bloggers were arrested along with Nizami in a crackdown on social media content deemed blasphemous by the [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-bloggers-charged-blasphemy/28390360.html|title=Pakistan Detains Three Bloggers On Blasphemy Charges|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref> After his arrest, the hashtag ''#hangayaznizami'' was trending on [[Twitter]] in Pakistan, and authorities shut down his social media account over material deemed controversial.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistani-christians-islam-lynching-trial-muslims-convert-youhanabad-lahore-church-bombings-a7659721.html|title=42 Christians told 'to convert to Islam or face death penalty'|date=2017-03-31|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-06-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>
[[File:Fauzia Ilyas, Maryam Namazie and Nina Sankari demand freedom of blasphemers and apostates.webm|thumb|[[Fauzia Ilyas]], [[Maryam Namazie]] and others demanding the release of Ayaz Nizami and others accused of blasphemy and apostasy (April 2017)]]
'''Ayaz Nizami''' is a blogger and political prisoner in [[Pakistan]] known for his arrest on 24 March 2017 for alleged [[blasphemy]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://usmanawan.com/ayaz-nizami-story-behind-this-blasphemy-act/|title=Who is Ayaz Nizami? Triggering The Blasphemous Spark, Again!|date=2017-03-29|work=Muhammad Usman Awan - Social Activist from Pakistan|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref> with a possible [[blasphemy law in Pakistan|death penalty for such charges]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/24-Mar-2017/blasphemy-crackdown-fia-arrests-2-suspects-from-karachi|title=Blasphemy crackdown: FIA arrests 2 suspects from Karachi|work=The Nation|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="CEMB_Nizami_Noman" />

He was given the death sentence in January 2021.<ref name=dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1600504 Dawn News website, ''In a first, three get death for ‘cyberspace blasphemy’'', by Malik Asad, January 9, 2021]</ref>

== Biography ==
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[[File:Fauzia Ilyas - free Ayaz Nizami.png|thumb|[[Fauzia Ilyas]] holding banner 'Free Ayaz Nizami']]
=== Early life ===
''Ayaz Nizami'' is a pseudonem for Abdul Waheed.<ref name=dawn /> Waheed is a religious scholar,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://conatusnews.com/free-ayaz-nizami/|title=My Recent Correspondence with 'Ayaz Nizami' – #FreeAyazNizami|date=2017-03-27|website=CONATUS NEWS|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> who primarily specialises in Islamic law such as "tafsir, Hadiths, Fiqh and their principles";<ref name=":0" /> besides this, he is an expert in Arabic language, grammar, terminology, philosophy and rational thinking.<ref name=":0" /> He received his religious education after completing the standard education and was admitted to a religious school.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsintervention.com/nizami-jacobsen/|title='Ayaz Nizami' Needs Far More Attention, as a Human Rights Case Study|date=2019-11-14|website=News Intervention|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>

=== Activism ===
Before his arrest, he allegedly translated materials critical of Islam in English to [[Urdu]] for publishing, and was first exposed by Alyan Khan, a Pakistani political author.<ref name="CEMB_Nizami_Noman" /> Nizami founded the website ''realisticapproach.org'', a website in Urdu about [[irreligion]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://realisticapproach.org |title=جراتِ تحقیق - ہمتِ کفر ملے جراتِ تحقیق ملے |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829141838/http://realisticapproach.org/ |archivedate=2015-08-29 }}</ref> and allegedly served as the vice president of the [[Fauzia Ilyas|Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://extranewsfeed.com/when-atheism-becomes-terrorism-in-pakistan-8e4b5d486bce|title=When Atheism becomes Terrorism in Pakistan – Extra Newsfeed|date=2017-04-04|work=Extra Newsfeed|access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref>

=== Arrest ===
On 24 March 2017, Nizami was arrested for alleged blasphemy by the FIA, and agencies in Pakistan. Two other bloggers were arrested along with Nizami in a crackdown on social media content deemed blasphemous by the [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-bloggers-charged-blasphemy/28390360.html|title=Pakistan Detains Three Bloggers On Blasphemy Charges|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=25 March 2017 |access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref> After his arrest, the hashtag ''#hangayaznizami'' and #FreeAyazNizami was trending on [[Twitter]] in Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://humanists.international/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/A_HRC_36_NGO_143_IHEU-WS-Pakistan.pdf|title=Dangerous situation for Freethinkers and Humanists in Pakistan|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> and authorities shut down his social media account over material deemed controversial.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistani-christians-islam-lynching-trial-muslims-convert-youhanabad-lahore-church-bombings-a7659721.html|title=42 Christians told 'to convert to Islam or face death penalty'|date=2017-03-31|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-06-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>


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Fauzia Ilyas, Maryam Namazie and others demanding the release of Ayaz Nizami and others accused of blasphemy and apostasy (April 2017)

Ayaz Nizami is a blogger and political prisoner in Pakistan known for his arrest on 24 March 2017 for alleged blasphemy,[1] with a possible death penalty for such charges.[2][3]

He was given the death sentence in January 2021.[4]

Biography

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AAAP
Fauzia Ilyas holding banner 'Free Ayaz Nizami'

Early life

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Ayaz Nizami is a pseudonem for Abdul Waheed.[4] Waheed is a religious scholar,[5] who primarily specialises in Islamic law such as "tafsir, Hadiths, Fiqh and their principles";[5] besides this, he is an expert in Arabic language, grammar, terminology, philosophy and rational thinking.[5] He received his religious education after completing the standard education and was admitted to a religious school.[5][6]

Activism

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Before his arrest, he allegedly translated materials critical of Islam in English to Urdu for publishing, and was first exposed by Alyan Khan, a Pakistani political author.[3] Nizami founded the website realisticapproach.org, a website in Urdu about irreligion,[7] and allegedly served as the vice president of the Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan.[8]

Arrest

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On 24 March 2017, Nizami was arrested for alleged blasphemy by the FIA, and agencies in Pakistan. Two other bloggers were arrested along with Nizami in a crackdown on social media content deemed blasphemous by the Pakistani government.[9] After his arrest, the hashtag #hangayaznizami and #FreeAyazNizami was trending on Twitter in Pakistan,[10] and authorities shut down his social media account over material deemed controversial.[8][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Who is Ayaz Nizami? Triggering The Blasphemous Spark, Again!". Muhammad Usman Awan - Social Activist from Pakistan. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  2. ^ "Blasphemy crackdown: FIA arrests 2 suspects from Karachi". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  3. ^ a b "Details on the cases of Ayaz Nizami and Rana Noman". Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. 2017-03-28. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  4. ^ a b Dawn News website, In a first, three get death for ‘cyberspace blasphemy’, by Malik Asad, January 9, 2021
  5. ^ a b c d "My Recent Correspondence with 'Ayaz Nizami' – #FreeAyazNizami". CONATUS NEWS. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. ^ "'Ayaz Nizami' Needs Far More Attention, as a Human Rights Case Study". News Intervention. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  7. ^ "جراتِ تحقیق - ہمتِ کفر ملے جراتِ تحقیق ملے". Archived from the original on 2015-08-29.
  8. ^ a b "When Atheism becomes Terrorism in Pakistan – Extra Newsfeed". Extra Newsfeed. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Detains Three Bloggers On Blasphemy Charges". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  10. ^ "Dangerous situation for Freethinkers and Humanists in Pakistan" (PDF).
  11. ^ "42 Christians told 'to convert to Islam or face death penalty'". The Independent. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-06-03.


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