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In the medieval world, those who committed blasphemy were seen as needing discipline. [8] By the 17th century, several historically Christian countries had legislation against blasphemy. [8] Blasphemy was proscribed speech in the U.S. until well into the 20th century. [7] Blasphemy laws were abolished in England and Wales in 2008, and in ...
A systematic global campaign to abolish all blasphemy laws around the world was launched under the slogan "End Blasphemy Laws" by secular humanist and atheist organizations, such as International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the European Humanist Federation (EHF) and numerous coalition partners on 30 January 2015, in direct response to ...
In the modern Muslim world, the laws pertaining to blasphemy vary by country, and some countries prescribe punishments consisting of fines, imprisonment, flogging, hanging, or beheading. [10] Capital punishment for blasphemy was rare in pre-modern Islamic societies. [11]
Blasphemy may be committed either by using profanely insolent and reproachful language against God, or by contumeliously reproaching Him, His creation, government, final judgment of the world, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Scriptures as contained in the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, or by exposing any of these ...
Capital punishment for offenses is allowed by law in some countries. Such offenses include adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, corruption, drug trafficking, espionage, fraud, homosexuality and sodomy not involving force, perjury causing execution of an innocent person (which, however, may well be considered and even prosecutable as murder), prostitution, sorcery and witchcraft, theft, treason and ...
Blasphemy Day was introduced as a worldwide celebration by the Center for Inquiry in 2009. [ 1 ] Events worldwide on the first annual Blasphemy Day in 2009 included an art exhibit in Washington, D.C. , and a free speech festival in Los Angeles .
“To slam the Sermon on the Mount as ‘liberal talking points’ is blasphemy and heresy,” said Clardy, an Episcopalian. Jesus a weakling? Hardly, according to Clardy.
The rest of the world might with impunity blaspheme God, and prophane the ordinances and institutions of religion, if the common law punishment is put an end to. But the Legislature, in passing this Act, had not the punishment of blasphemy so much in view as the protecting the Government of the country, by preventing infidels from getting into ...