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Blasphemy

Trump raises fist in front of Mar a Lago estate

Blasphemy

Muddling Through the Mar-a-Lago Mess

Plus: The editors reaffirm free speech absolutism in the wake of the recent attack on Salman Rushdie.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 8.15.2022 3:20 PM

Free Speech

Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Reporter Over Religion-Related Coverage

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.4.2021 5:36 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Don't Rock the Casbah

Charles Oliver | 5.3.2021 4:00 AM

Free Speech

Algerian Islamic Scholar Gets 3 Years in Prison for "Offending Islam"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.25.2021 8:01 AM

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Free Speech

Metal Musician Adam 'Nergal' Darski Fined by Polish Court for 'Offending Religious Feelings'

Behemoth frontman Adam 'Nergal' Darski was fined $5,000 for a 2019 social media post that showed him stepping on an image of the Virgin Mary.

Christian Britschgi | 2.17.2021 2:30 PM

Free Speech

"The New York Times and Modern Blasphemy"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.10.2021 11:14 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: That's a Stretch

Charles Oliver | 2.1.2021 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: A Real Caste System

Charles Oliver | 1.18.2021 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: How Mature

Charles Oliver | 9.25.2020 4:00 AM

Free Speech

"Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.11.2020 1:43 PM

Free Speech

Brazilian Judge Blocks Gay Jesus Movie, Supreme Court Reverses

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.10.2020 3:24 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Well, God Damn

Charles Oliver | 7.31.2019 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Turned Away

Charles Oliver | 11.19.2018 4:00 AM

Blasphemy

European Court: OK to Criminalize Calling Mohammed a Pedophile

That's part of a broader doctrine under which European countries are still allowed to punish blasphemy.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.26.2018 11:47 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Indian Supreme Court: Wink During Mohammed-Themed Song in Movie Not Blasphemous

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.5.2018 11:58 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Indonesian Blasphemy Conviction for Complaining About Mosque's Loud Call to Prayer

My Spanish blasphemy post reminded that I've been meaning to blog about the Indonesian decision, handed down last month.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.5.2018 10:35 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Unholy Toledo—Blasphemy Prosecution in Spain

"The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers has announced that it is also planning to ask the judge to consider investigating Toledo for hate crimes after he said during a television interview that if people were shot for their religious beliefs and Catholic churches burned during the Spanish Civil War, it was because they 'must have done something."'

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.5.2018 7:31 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Religious Leader Demands Suppression of "Blasphemous" Plays

So report Czech media.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.13.2018 11:18 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Atheist Arrested in Bangladesh—Atheism Might Be Banned in Egypt

Two recent stories in the news, plus a third item about Malaysia.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.28.2017 3:36 PM

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Free Press

Global Press Freedom at 12-Year Low

The real fake news is calling the free press an enemy of the people.

Ronald Bailey | 3.8.2017 4:15 PM

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Blasphemy

Danish Man Who Burned a Koran on Facebook Will Be Prosecuted For Blasphemy

Denmark's first blasphemy prosecution since 1971.

Anthony Fisher | 2.23.2017 12:15 PM

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Milton Friedman

Flemming Rose Wins 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

Danish journalist and author of The Tyranny of Silence published Muhammad cartoons in free speech fight against self-censorship

Ronald Bailey | 5.11.2016 10:55 AM

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Turkey

Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cover Lands Turkish Journalists in Prison

Just yesterday, Turkey's PM had promised to include the "principle of secularism" in new constitution.

Anthony Fisher | 4.28.2016 1:11 PM

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Culture

New York Times: Shout Loudly Enough, and We Will Succumb to Your Heckler's Veto

Why will the Paper of Record publish a condom-Pope but not a Mohammed statue? Catholics aren't loud (or scary) enough.

Matt Welch | 7.2.2015 2:51 PM

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Free Press

Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress

An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.

Ronald Bailey | 6.3.2015 4:39 PM

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Policy

The Human Right to Offend

Self-censorship in the face of intimidation has another name: cowardice.

Ronald Bailey | 2.27.2015 1:30 PM

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Censorship

Ronald Bailey Defends Free Speech and the Right to Offend

A review of of The Tyranny of Silence by Flemming Rose

Reason Staff | 2.27.2015 1:30 PM

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Saudi Arabia

Obama: Tomorrow Tell Saudis to Stop Beating Journalists and to Let Dissidents Go

A one thousand lash insult to free speech.

Ronald Bailey | 1.26.2015 3:46 PM

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Charlie Hebdo Massacre

Charlie Hebdo, Hate Speech and Christopher Hitchens

Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.

Ronald Bailey | 1.14.2015 11:26 AM

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