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Blasphemy Day; Observed by: Various countries, mostly European and North American - none officially: Type: Cultural: Significance: A day celebrating blasphemy (as defined in the various national, state or religious laws) Celebrations: Educating about the importance of freedom of expression, even opinions contrary to religions or offensive to ...
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) [1] began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005 depicting Muhammad, the founder of Islam, in what it said was a response to the debate over criticism of Islam and self-censorship.
Bahrain: Bahrain's parliament demanded an apology from the government, as well as from Denmark's head of state, the Danish king, and was unaware that Denmark's head of state is Queen Margrethe II. [9] MPs called for an extraordinary session of parliament to discuss the cartoons, while protesters set Danish dairy products and bacon ablaze.
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 Ireland in 2020. Scotland repealed its blasphemy laws in 2021. Many other countries have abolished blasphemy laws including Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand. [9]
A spate of Quran-burning protests in Sweden and Denmark has caused angry demonstrations in Muslim-majority countries, heightened security fears at home and left both Scandinavian nations ...
Flemming Kloster Poulsen said she was a ‘perfect mix of royal and at the same time down to earth’.
The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius .
Defamation of religion resolutions were the subject of debate by the UN from 1999 until 2010. In 2011, members of the UN Human Rights Council found compromise and replaced the "defamation of religions" resolution with Resolution 16/18, which sought to protect people rather than religions and called upon states to take concrete steps to protect religious freedom, prohibit discrimination and ...