Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression write by Jeroen Temperman. This book was released on 2017-11-16. Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book details the legal ramifications of existing anti-blasphemy laws and debates the legitimacy of such laws in Western liberal democracies.
The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law
The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law write by P. B. Cliteur. This book was released on 2016. The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In contemporary politics two conflicting trends have influenced freedom of expression. The first confirms that many Western countries have become less strict about sacrilegious expression and repealed their blasphemy laws or withdrew much of their punishment for blasphemy. Yet the second trend manifests in an opposing movement, often couched in terms of religious freedom, which attempts to reconcile free speech with freedom of religion by punishing expressions deemed, for instance, "hate speech." With contributions by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this book offers an examination of topical issues relating to both of these movements, looking at freedom of expression, censorship, and blasphemy in contemporary multicultural democracies.
Is Critique Secular?
Is Critique Secular? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Is Critique Secular? write by Talal Asad. This book was released on 2013-05-09. Is Critique Secular? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing conflicts of our times? Taking as their point of departure the question of whether critique belongs exclusively to forms of liberal democracy that define themselves in opposition to religion, these authors consider the case of the “Danish cartoon controversy” of 2005. They offer accounts of reading, understanding, and critique for offering a way to rethink conventional oppositions between free speech and religious belief, judgment and violence, reason and prejudice, rationality and embodied life. The book, first published in 2009, has been updated for the present edition with a new Preface by the authors.
Open Letter
Open Letter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Open Letter write by Charb. This book was released on 2016-01-05. Open Letter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from Stéphane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions. On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: "Charb." Known by his pen name, Stèphane Charbonnier was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo, an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism, and a renowned political cartoonist in his own right. In the past, he had received death threats and had even earned a place on Al Qaeda's Most Wanted List. On January 7 it seemed that Charb's enemies had finally succeeded in silencing him. But in a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature, it was soon revealed that he had finished a book just two days before his murder on the very issues at the heart of the attacks: blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the necessary courage of satirists. Here, published for the first time in English, is Charb's final work. A searing criticism of hypocrisy and racism, and a rousing, eloquent defense of free speech, Open Letter shows Charb's words to be as powerful and provocative as his art. This is an essential book about race, religion, the voice of ethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralistic society, and above all, the right to free expression and the surprising challenges being leveled at it in our fraught and dangerous time.
Respecting Rights?
Respecting Rights? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Respecting Rights? write by U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. This book was released on 2017-08. Respecting Rights? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report examines and compares the content of laws prohibiting blasphemy ("blasphemy laws") worldwide through the lens of international and human rights law principles. The laws examined in this study prohibit or criminalize the expression of opinions deemed "blasphemous," or counter to majority views or religious belief systems, and many impose serious, often criminal, penalties. Blasphemy laws are actively enforced in many states throughout the world. Many governments deem repeal not feasible or desirable and justify the prohibition and criminalization of blasphemy as necessary to promote religious harmony. This study seeks to evaluate the language and content of blasphemy laws to understand what aspects of these laws adhere to--or deviate from--international and human rights law principles. A better understanding of the laws' compliance with these principles may assist in the public policy community in developing clear, specifically-tailored recommendations for areas for reform. Related products: Explore ourFaith-Based Education resources collection Discover ourHuman Rights collection
