U.S. blasphemy laws reflect a complex fight for the freedom of religion and speech Getty Images Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan ...

Voters in Ireland last week removed the crime of blasphemy from that country’s constitution, a change that the minister of justice hailed as “another reflection of the strong public support for a ...

Humanists International’s latest Freedom of Thought Report (Key Countries Edition) warns that laws restricting “blasphemy” ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia-- At least 200,000 conservative Muslims rallied in the Indonesian capital on Friday in the second major protest in a month against its minority Christian governor who is being ...

Relatives carry the body of Mushtaq Ahmed, 41, in eastern Pakistan last year. He was stoned to death by a mob after being accused of desecrating the Quran. (Asim Tanveer / Associated Press) On Jan. 17 ...

As of 2020, at least 40 people were serving a life sentence or facing execution for blasphemy in the country. One of the most famous cases in recent years was that of Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman who ...

Among the biggest threats to religious freedom worldwide are blasphemy laws, the State Department said in its annual religious freedom report, released Wednesday. "I want to highlight this year the ...

Four years after a mob of students and officials lynched a journalism student on false blasphemy charges at a Pakistani university, fear still permeates the campus as students are taught to avoid ...

On April 28, 2021, the European Parliament adopted a joint motion for a resolution on the blasphemy laws in Pakistan calling for more comprehensive approaches to address the abuses of blasphemy laws ...

Walter Olson is a senior fellow with the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies. If you defend freedom of speech today, realize that “blasphemy” is its front line, in Paris and the world.

Behemoth frontman Nergal (aka Adam Darski) has found himself facing yet another charge of blasphemy in his home country of Poland. The charge stems from a 2019 image Nergal posted to Facebook, where ...