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The Indian Muslim community demanded a law against insult to religious feelings. Hence, the British Government enacted Section 295(A). The Select Committee before enactment of the law, stated in its report that the purpose was to punish persons who indulge in wanton vilification or attacks upon other religions or their religious figures.
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 ...
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. ...
Many other countries have abolished blasphemy laws including Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand. [9] As of 2019 [update] , 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.
The hate speech laws in India aim to prevent discord among its many ethnic and religious communities. The laws allow a citizen to seek the punishment of anyone who shows the citizen disrespect "on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or any other ground whatsoever". [1]
Non-Muslim nations that do not have blasphemy laws, have pointed to abuses of blasphemy laws in Islamic nations, and have disagreed. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Notwithstanding, controversies raised in the non-Muslim world, especially over depictions of Muhammad , questioning issues relating to the religious offense to minorities in secular countries.
There's a move to make us believe blasphemy is hate speech and laws against it are a blow for tolerance. Don't believe it. Nicholas Goldberg: Is God on the side of blasphemy laws?
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 ...