
A blasphemy law is a law relating to blasphemy, or irreverence toward holy personages, religious artefacts, customs, or beliefs. In the past blasphemy laws protected the majority religion within a jurisdiction from irreverence but there is now a trend to repeal all blasphemy and religious offence laws. National and international experts and bodies looking at human rights, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, and violence based on religion or belief have consistently found that blasphemy laws conflict with freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression, and with international...