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In the medieval world, those who committed blasphemy were seen as needing discipline. [8] By the 17th century, several historically Christian countries had legislation against blasphemy. [8] 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 ...
A systematic global campaign to abolish all blasphemy laws around the world was launched under the slogan "End Blasphemy Laws" by secular humanist and atheist organizations, such as International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the European Humanist Federation (EHF) and numerous coalition partners on 30 January 2015, in direct response to ...
In the modern Muslim world, the laws pertaining to blasphemy vary by country, and some countries prescribe punishments consisting of fines, imprisonment, flogging, hanging, or beheading. [10] Capital punishment for blasphemy was rare in pre-modern Islamic societies. [11]
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 ...
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 ...
Blasphemy may be committed either by using profanely insolent and reproachful language against God, or by contumeliously reproaching Him, His creation, government, final judgment of the world, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Scriptures as contained in the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, or by exposing any of these ...
“To slam the Sermon on the Mount as ‘liberal talking points’ is blasphemy and heresy,” said Clardy, an Episcopalian. Jesus a weakling? Hardly, according to Clardy.
Blasphemy Day was introduced as a worldwide celebration by the Center for Inquiry in 2009. [ 1 ] Events worldwide on the first annual Blasphemy Day in 2009 included an art exhibit in Washington, D.C. , and a free speech festival in Los Angeles .