Questions tagged [blasphemy]

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Is it legal in Denmark to deface religious scriptures?

This piece from the New York times got my attention: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/world/europe/denmark-quran-burning.html Apparently some Danish guy got convicted of burning the Quran. Q. What rights do the Danish people have in terms of…
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Blasphemy in the Context of Freedom of Speech

So my country is currently exhausting herself with a blasphemy case. It makes me wonder because such case in other countries (Western countries in particular) are not considered a crime because it's a part of the freedom of speech AFAIK. Is…
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Why was Ahok convicted of blasphemy when so many similar cases are around?

Ahok said that people may be lied to by using Al Maidah 51. Why is Ahok in prison? A legal analysis of the decision The court effectively says that Ahok speech implies that the Quran is a tool for lying. The problem is, is there a guarantee that…
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