blasphemy

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Nigeria's Supreme Court has in the past ruled that blasphemy allegations must be proven in a court of law.

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There cannot be, since blasphemy depends on the acknowledgment of the sacred.

From Salon

Judge McGarva said he did not view the case as an attempt to expand blasphemy laws.

From BBC

"To me, Belsen was the ultimate blasphemy," wrote one British soldier, Michael Bentine, who, after World War Two, went on to become a famous entertainer.

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In that climate, publicly denouncing a man for blasphemy was tantamount to designating a terrorist target, prosecutors will argue.

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