CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoSweden rules out sweeping changes to free speech law amid Quran burningswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down13
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minus-squareagrammatic@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoComing originally from a country where the blasphemy laws on the books are regularly used to harass even religious people who deviate from the dogma interpretation of their co-believers (and definitely used to harass irreligious people), I definitely do not want to see blasphemy remain or become a criminal matter. We can work against the harassment of religion-defined minorities without resorting to blasphemy laws.
Coming originally from a country where the blasphemy laws on the books are regularly used to harass even religious people who deviate from the dogma interpretation of their co-believers (and definitely used to harass irreligious people), I definitely do not want to see blasphemy remain or become a criminal matter.
We can work against the harassment of religion-defined minorities without resorting to blasphemy laws.