September 30 - International Blasphemy Rights Day!

Founded in 2009 by the Center for Inquiry, International Blasphemy Rights Day seeks to establish September 30 as an International Day to promote the right to criticize (lampooning not excluded!) religion without inviting reprisals from religious bigots and governments.

Blasphemy laws the world over (that is, wherever the laws exist) have been used to suppress legitimate criticism of religion. In some countries such as Pakistan, Blasphemy is a serious crime punishable with death.

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Blasphemy in India

Though in India we do not have a blasphemy law, certain sections of the Indian Penal Code have been used by the authorities and religious groups to harass those who wittingly or unwittingly ‘hurt’ the ‘religious sentiments’ of certain individuals or religious groups.

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