Editing Hindu–Islamic relations (section)

====Blasphemy====
{{Main|Islam and blasphemy}}
Blasphemy against God and against Muhammad is a religious crime in Islam.<ref name=cf2014>{{cite book | last=Fitzpatrick | first=Coeli | title=Muhammad in history, thought, and culture : an encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (Chapter: ''Blasphemy against the Prophet'') | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61069-177-2 | pages=59–67}}</ref> The Quran in verse and many Hadiths discuss blasphemy and its punishment.<ref name=cf2014/> A variety of actions, speeches, or behavior can constitute blasphemy in Islam.<ref name=dl1993/> Some examples include insulting or cursing Allah or the Prophets or drawing offensive cartoons, tearing or burning holy literature of Islam, and creating or using music, painting, video, or novels to mock or criticize prophet Muhammad are some examples of blasphemous acts. Punishment can range from imprisonment or flogging to execution.<ref name="dl1993">{{cite book | last=Lawton | first=David | title=Blasphemy | url=https://archive.org/details/blasphemy0000lawt_w1s1 | url-access=registration | publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press | location=Philadelphia | year=1993 | isbn=978-0-8122-1503-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Marshall | first=Paul | title=Silenced : how apostasy and blasphemy codes are choking freedom worldwide | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-19-981228-8}}</ref>

Although the concept of "divine blasphemy" or "heresy" does not exist in Hinduism, and ancient Hindu texts make no provisions for blasphemy.<ref>{{cite book | last=Chitkara | first=Madan | title=Buddha's: myths & legends | publisher=APH Publ.| year=2002 | isbn=978-81-7648-189-2 |pages=227–228}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Naidoo | first=Thillayvel | title=Long walk to enlightenment | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4349-9808-8 | pages=141–142}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Pullat | first=Sury | title=Destined Encounters | publisher=Partridge Pub | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4828-3639-4 | page=209}}</ref> According to 2018 annual report of [[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom]], there has been [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalist]] groups through their campaign to "[[Saffronisation|Saffronize]]" India through violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindus and according to the data, approximately one-third of state governments enforced anti-conversion and/or anti-cow slaughter laws against non-Hindus.<ref name=":02">{{cite report |url=https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/USCIRF2018AnnualReport_abb_wlinks.pdf |title=Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom |date=April 2018 |publisher=[[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom]] |page=37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=States Where Cow Slaughter is Banned So Far, and States Where it Isn't |date=26 May 2017 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/states-where-cow-slaughter-is-banned-so-far-and-states-where-it-isnt-1413425.html}}</ref>