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Feminist activist sent to prison for 'Allah is lesbian' T-shirt

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Blasphemy being a legal charge gives a perspective on the state of the muslim countries

Don't worry. You don't have to look at "muslim countries". Blasphemy is a valid and actively weaponized legal charge in the German legal system [0] and as such hampers any discussion on religion and its influence and ubiquitous presence in German politics [1]. It goes so far as to enforcing the presentation of crucifixes in Bavarian class rooms and government agencies even though the German Federal Constitutional Court declared it illegal back in 1995. Way to go, Germany!!

[0]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschimpfung_von_Bekenntnissen...

[1]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatskirchenvertrag

[2]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruzifix-Beschluss

P.S. Sorry for the links to German wikipedia. These articles describe the German situation in Germany and as such are not available in English. May be deepl.com can help.

The US has blasphemy laws still on the books in a few states, although broadly speaking such things are unconstitutional (for now...)

And the US is trying to make it illegal to burn the flag, which is blasphemy against civic religion. And you can be arrested for blasphemy against Zionism and the American military industrial complex by protesting Israeli genocide and America's complicity in it.

I also consider laws banning abortion to be anti-blasphemy laws since Christian doctrine is the basis for those laws.

And as far as crosses go, numerous US states now require the posting of the Ten Commandments and incorporating the Bible into the curriculum, thanks to the Supreme Court essentially repealing the separation of church and state.

Not to say the US is at the point of sending someone to prison for a "blasphemous" t-shirt, but let's not pretend America isn't headed gleefully in that direction. It's bad when it's Islam but OK when it's Christianity.

Read the flag burning executive order - it's a nothingburger. It's been extremely misrepresented in the media. It makes nothing previously legal illegal and makes nothing previously illegal legal.

It is still clearly an attempt to sidestep the first amendment and make something that is established legal free expression a de facto crime.

Moms for Liberty enters the chat

"Religion's greatest trick wasn't convincing someone there was a God who was all powerful. It was convincing someone else that you couldn't ridicule the idea" R.Gervais

The existence of religion in law as a separate category from other evidence less beliefs is truly wild. Even a lot of secular countries give it very special treatment. You can probably legally discriminate against someone professing their belief in lizard men during a job interview but would not be allowed to do so on religious beliefs.

Morocco doesn't have US-style free speech. Film at 11.

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