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oapen-20.500.12657-377432020-05-16T00:40:21Z The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law Cliteur, Paul Herrenberg, Tom freedom of expression censorship blasphemy multicultural democracies bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAQ Law & society bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law::LNDC Human rights & civil liberties law::LNDC4 Freedom of expression law "This volume centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became less harsh in their punishment of blasphemy, hence “the fall of blasphemy law”. The second trend manifests an opposite movement, hence “the rise of blasphemy law”. Over the last decades, namely, Western societies have witnessed multiple attempts to suppress speech that defames religion. To be sure, one particularly vicious way of re-energizing these interdicts against blasphemy has come from radical believers intent upon removing blasphemy from the public domain by violent means. " 2020-05-15T11:41:08Z 2020-05-15T11:41:08Z 2016 book http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37743 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Blasphemy_Law.pdf https://www.lup.nl/product/the-fall-and-rise-of-blasphemy-law/ Leiden University Press 10.24415/9789087282684 10.24415/9789087282684 276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8 269 Leiden open access
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"This volume centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became less harsh in their punishment of blasphemy, hence “the fall of blasphemy law”.
The second trend manifests an opposite movement, hence “the rise of blasphemy law”. Over the last decades, namely, Western societies have witnessed multiple attempts to suppress speech that defames religion. To be sure, one particularly vicious way of re-energizing these interdicts against blasphemy has come from radical believers intent upon removing blasphemy from the public domain by violent means.
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