Laws prohibiting blasphemy and blasphemous libel in the United Kingdom date back to the medieval times as common law and in some special cases as enacted...

A blasphemy law is a law prohibiting blasphemy, which is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or...

1977 court case involving the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom. It was the last successful blasphemy trial in the UK. "The Love That Dares to Speak...

Islamic theocracy. Its official religion is the doctrine of the Twelver Jaafari School. Iran's law against blasphemy derives from Sharia. Blasphemers are usually...

123 of the Crimes Act 1961. Blasphemy law Blasphemy law in Australia Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom Defamation of religion and the United Nations...

penalty. According to various human rights organizations, Pakistan's blasphemy laws have been used to persecute religious minorities and settle personal...

In the United Kingdom censorship has been applied to various forms of expression such as the media, cinema, entertainment venues, literature, theatre and...

prosecution for blasphemy was brought. Two cases in the 1850s reflected Protestant mistrust of Catholicism in what had become the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

Blasphemy is not a criminal offence under Australian federal law, but the de jure situation varies at state and territory level; it is currently not enforced...

confessions. To secure confessions, the authorities commonly engage in severe violations of human rights. Persons accused of blasphemy may be subjected to torture...

Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the UK constitution...

The United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. With the oldest continuous...

national, European, and international law and treaty. Four constituent nations compose the United Kingdom, resulting in an inconsistent religious character...

Islam is the state religion of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and most Jordanians are Sunni Muslims. The kingdom prevents blasphemy against any religion...

Religion in the United Kingdom is mainly expressed in Christianity, which dominated the land since the 7th century. Results of the 2021 Census for England...

Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018, and 52% listing...

Merseyside news, sports and what's on". www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk. "The Blasphemy law is back - MediaWatchWatch". www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk. "John Lennon...

Aasia Bibi, was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. In October 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted...

is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total...

and several countries in the West condemned the resolutions arguing they amounted to an international blasphemy law. Critics of the resolutions, including...

arrested by the Sri Lankan Police for having a tattoo of Buddha on her arm. She was detained for four days, before being deported to the United Kingdom on April...

made under the blasphemy laws in the last few years for failure to fast during Ramadan, even though this is not a requirement under Algerian law. Non-fasting...

single age of consent, abolition of blasphemy laws, and equal rights in law for homosexuals. The introduction of the bill was intended more for public discussion...

the Criminal Law Act 1967. For the effect of this Act on the common law offences, see Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom - Relationship between the common...

the abuse of blasphemy laws in prosecuting members of religious minorities, political opponents, and settling personal scores. In Pakistan, blasphemy...

appears to be the first conviction for obscenity in the United Kingdom, and set a legal precedent for other convictions. These common-law ideas of obscenity...

Commission in England in 1879. The Stephen Code included the offence of blasphemous libel but omitted blasphemy. The common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous...

And The Law, U.S. And U.K. Go Separate Ways". NPR. Retrieved 5 March 2021. Russell Sandburg; Norman Doe (2008). "The Strange Death of Blasphemy" (PDF)...

defamation laws. In 2017, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media issued a report on criminal defamation and anti-blasphemy laws among its member...

The NSS has campaigned on a number of other issues. These include the successful abolition of the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom; removal of the...