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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 ...
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.
Blasphemy law in the United States; Y. Blasphemy law in Yemen This page was last edited on 29 May 2016, at 16:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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 ...
It does have a blasphemy law (Article 98(f) of Egyptian Penal Code, [44] as amended by Law 147/2006), which has been used to prosecute and imprison Muslims (such as Bahaa El-Din El-Akkad in 2007) [45] who have converted to Christianity; [46] and a self-professed Muslim (Quranic scholar Nasr Abu Zayd in June 1995) has been found to be an ...
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 ...
Note that this map only includes laws specifically criminalising apostasy. If '(a public declaration of) apostasy' is considered a form/'evidence' of 'blasphemy', it not included here (because if blasphemy wasn't criminalised in these countries, accusations of apostasy would have no effect); the File:Blasphemy laws worldwide.svg map serves that ...
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.