The impact of Blasphemy laws on human rights : Policing belief

This study assesses blasphemy and religious insult laws in Algeria, Egypt,Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Poland, analyzing their compatibility with international law and their impact on human rights. By definition, these laws, which are designed to protect religious institutions, doctrines, figures, and concepts—in other words, nonhuman entities and ideas—from insult or offense,…