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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 ...
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]
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 ...
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Supporters of a Pakistani religious group burn an effigy depicting the former spokeswoman of India's ruling party, Nupur Sharma, during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan. AP Photo/Fareed ...
End Blasphemy Laws campaign. Freedom of Thought Report. Note: also includes blasphemy laws that have been repealed before 2015, when the End Blasphemy Laws campaign began. See also File:Apostasy laws in 2013.SVG, as accusations of 'blasphemy' are sometimes used to prosecute people for 'apostasy' and vice versa. Author: Conquistador, updated by ...