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Pages in category "Blasphemy law by country" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It is one of the Hate speech laws in India. This law prohibits blasphemy against all religions in India. [2] Section 295A is a cognisable, non-bailable, and non-compoundable offence. [3] Legal experts consider Section 295A a controversial provision.
In place of blasphemy or in addition to blasphemy in some European countries is the crime of "religious insult", which is a subset of the crime of blasphemy. As of March 2009 [update] , it was forbidden in Andorra, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal ...
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 ...
As of 2019, 40 percent of the world's countries still had blasphemy laws on the books, including 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, or 90% of countries in that region. [10] [11] [12] Indian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism have no concept of blasphemy and hence prescribe no punishment. [13] [14] [15]
The death sentence for blasphemy has never been implemented, however, 51 people charged under the blasphemy laws have been murdered by vigilantes before their trials could be completed. [191] The Pakistan government does not formally ban the public practice of the Ahmadi Muslim sect, but its practice is restricted severely by law. A 1974 ...
Some countries have anti-discrimination laws, and others have anti-blasphemy laws. Legal religious discrimination is present in many countries in Asia. [27] [28] [29] Some countries also have significantly restricted the activities of Islamic groups that they have identified as fundamentalist.
Blasphemy law in Europe (2 C, 8 P) N. Blasphemy law in North America (3 P) O. Blasphemy law in Oceania (2 P) This page was last edited on 21 November 2017, at ...