TO OPPOSE BIGOTRY, OPPOSE BLASPHEMY LAWS
by Kenan Malik
This essay, on the need to oppose blasphemy laws, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 3 September 2023, under the headline “Blasphemy law is no answer to bigotry in the wake of Denmark’s Qur’an burnings“. Should governments ban the “improper treatment of objects of significant religious importance to a religious community”? That is what the Danish government is suggesting in a new law it announced last week that could see offenders imprisoned for two years. The proposed ban comes after […]
Categories: Atheism & Religion, Free Speech, International, Philosophy & Ethics • Tags: anti-muslim hatred, blasphemy, blasphemy laws, bookburning, censorship, denmark, far right, islam, qur'an, qur'an descration