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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 ...
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 Scotland repealed its blasphemy laws in 2021.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]
The Danish Cultural Institute's head office is in Copenhagen, Denmark. The number and location of offices has varied over the years. The number and location of offices has varied over the years. Earlier there were institutes in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands , northern Italy, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania ...
Flemming Kloster Poulsen said she was a ‘perfect mix of royal and at the same time down to earth’.
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 ...
The day after that protest, ... While freedom of speech has long been a constitutional right in Sweden and Denmark, the scrapping of blasphemy laws was a more recent development. Sweden abolished ...
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 .
The act 53 Geo. 3.c. 160, sometimes called the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813, [2] the Trinitarian Act 1812, [3] the Unitarian Relief Act, [4] the Trinity Act, the Unitarian Toleration Bill, or Mr William Smith's Bill (after Whig politician William Smith), [5] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended its blasphemy laws and granted toleration for Unitarian worship.