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WHAT IS BLASPHEMY ?
Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or the irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things . Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy . HOW DID IT START
As religions are formed , blasphemy comes with it . There are people who accept it and people who don’t . Blasphemy is in every country . Certain laws have been made in easch country if cases like these appear .
LAWS FOR BLASPHEMY IN OTHER RELIGIONS
Christianity
In Britain's last blasphemy execution, 20-year-old Thomas Aikenhead was executed for the crime in 1697. He was prosecuted for denying the veracity of the Old Testament and the legitimacy of Christ's miracles.
Islam
Blasmphemy has not been mentioned in the Quran .Muslim jurists made the offence part of Sharia : the penalties for blasphemy can include fines , imprisonment ,flogging , amputation hanging , or beheading .Muslim clerics may call for the pumishment of an alleged blasphemer by issuing fatwa .
Judaism
According to Judaism , it has been stated that that thepeople who commit blasphemy would be put to death . The seven laws of Noah , which Judaism sees as applicable to all people, prohibit blasphemy . CURRENT ISSUES OF BLASPHEMY
A lawyer representing the man who accused a Pakistani Christian girl of blasphemy has said that if she is not convicted, Muslims could "take the law into their own hands". Rao Abdur Raheem cited the example of Mumtaz Qadri, the man who last year shot dead a politician who had called for reform of the much-abused blasphemy law.
The apparent hijacking of the case against Rimsha Masih by organised extremists, including lawyers, could further complicate a bitterly contentious case.
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Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or the irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things . Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy . HOW DID IT START
As religions are formed , blasphemy comes with it . There are people who accept it and people who don’t . Blasphemy is in every country . Certain laws have been made in easch country if cases like these appear .
LAWS FOR BLASPHEMY IN OTHER RELIGIONS
Christianity
In Britain's last blasphemy execution, 20-year-old Thomas Aikenhead was executed for the crime in 1697. He was prosecuted for denying the veracity of the Old Testament and the legitimacy of Christ's miracles.
Islam
Blasmphemy has not been mentioned in the Quran .Muslim jurists made the offence part of Sharia : the penalties for blasphemy can include fines , imprisonment ,flogging , amputation hanging , or beheading .Muslim clerics may call for the pumishment of an alleged blasphemer by issuing fatwa .
Judaism
According to Judaism , it has been stated that that thepeople who commit blasphemy would be put to death . The seven laws of Noah , which Judaism sees as applicable to all people, prohibit blasphemy . CURRENT ISSUES OF BLASPHEMY
A lawyer representing the man who accused a Pakistani Christian girl of blasphemy has said that if she is not convicted, Muslims could "take the law into their own hands". Rao Abdur Raheem cited the example of Mumtaz Qadri, the man who last year shot dead a politician who had called for reform of the much-abused blasphemy law.
The apparent hijacking of the case against Rimsha Masih by organised extremists, including lawyers, could further complicate a bitterly contentious case.
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