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    1 year ago

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/02/denmark-scraps-334-year-old-blasphemy-law

    Apparently Denmark had a not-very-enforced blasphemy law on the books up until 5 years ago until it was removed, and it sounds like it was removed specifically because of disagreement over someone being prosecuted under it over criticism of Islam.

    “Religion should not dictate what is allowed and what is forbidden to say publicly,” Bruno Jerup, an MP who proposed to repeal the law, was quoted as saying by Jyllands-Posten. “It gives religion a totally unfair priority in society.”

    A Danish man who filmed himself burning the Koran before posting a video of his act on Facebook in 2015 would have faced a blasphemy trial next week, but the case was dropped after the law was revoked.