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There are a lot of places with blasphemy laws. It's much more common to Islamic majority countries.[1] Blasphemy is punishable by death in Iran, Pakistan, Afgh
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There are a lot of places with blasphemy laws. It's much more common to Islamic majority countries.[1]
Blasphemy is punishable by death in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia. Among non-Muslim-majority countries, the harshest blasphemy laws are in Italy, where the maximum penalty is two years in prison.[2]
[1]: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/25/four-in-ten-countries-and-territories-worldwide-had-blasphemy-laws-in-2019-2/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/25/four-in-t...
[2]: https://theconversation.com/the-politics-of-blasphemy-why-pakistan-and-some-other-muslim-countries-are-passing-new-blasphemy-laws-198647 https://theconversation.com/the-politics-of-blasphemy-why-pa...