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What are the rules for religion? My understanding was that the UK had special protections for criticisms of religion, so that freedom of speech was particularly
by theorique 14y ago
What are the rules for religion? My understanding was that the UK had special protections for criticisms of religion, so that freedom of speech was particularly constrained around (e.g.) Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins's criticisms of religious belief or practice.
Is this true or was I misinformed?
- SEMW 14y agoYou're probably thinking about the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_and_Religious_Hatred_Act_2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_and_Religious_Hatred_Act... , which makes it an offence to incite racial or religious hatred. That's nothing to do with defamation law; they don't interact.
- theorique 14y agoAh, thanks.