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Don't worry. You don't have to look at "muslim countries". Blasphemy is a valid and actively weaponized legal charge in the German legal system [0] and as such

Don't worry. You don't have to look at "muslim countries". Blasphemy is a valid and actively weaponized legal charge in the German legal system [0] and as such hampers any discussion on religion and its influence and ubiquitous presence in German politics [1]. It goes so far as to enforcing the presentation of crucifixes in Bavarian class rooms and government agencies even though the German Federal Constitutional Court declared it illegal back in 1995. Way to go, Germany!! [0]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschimpfung_von_Bekenntnissen,_Religionsgesellschaften_und_Weltanschauungsvereinigungen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschimpfung_von_Bekenntnissen... [1]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatskirchenvertrag https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatskirchenvertrag [2]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruzifix-Beschluss https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruzifix-Beschluss P.S. Sorry for the links to German wikipedia. These articles describe the German situation in Germany and as such are not available in English. May be deepl.com can help.

krapp 1y ago
The US has blasphemy laws still on the books in a few states, although broadly speaking such things are unconstitutional (for now...) And the US is trying to make it illegal to burn the flag, which is blasphemy against civic religion. And you can be arrested for blasphemy against Zionism and the American military industrial complex by protesting Israeli genocide and America's complicity in it. I also consider laws banning abortion to be anti-blasphemy laws since Christian doctrine is the basis for those laws. And as far as crosses go, numerous US states now require the posting of the Ten Commandments and incorporating the Bible into the curriculum, thanks to the Supreme Court essentially repealing the separation of church and state. Not to say the US is at the point of sending someone to prison for a "blasphemous" t-shirt, but let's not pretend America isn't headed gleefully in that direction. It's bad when it's Islam but OK when it's Christianity.
- Moomoomoo309 1y ago
  Read the flag burning executive order - it's a nothingburger. It's been extremely misrepresented in the media. It makes nothing previously legal illegal and makes nothing previously illegal legal.
  - krapp 1y ago
    It is still clearly an attempt to sidestep the first amendment and make something that is established legal free expression a de facto crime.

krapp 1y ago

The US has blasphemy laws still on the books in a few states, although broadly speaking such things are unconstitutional (for now...) And the US is trying to make it illegal to burn the flag, which is blasphemy against civic religion. And you can be arrested for blasphemy against Zionism and the American military industrial complex by protesting Israeli genocide and America's complicity in it. I also consider laws banning abortion to be anti-blasphemy laws since Christian doctrine is the basis for those laws. And as far as crosses go, numerous US states now require the posting of the Ten Commandments and incorporating the Bible into the curriculum, thanks to the Supreme Court essentially repealing the separation of church and state. Not to say the US is at the point of sending someone to prison for a "blasphemous" t-shirt, but let's not pretend America isn't headed gleefully in that direction. It's bad when it's Islam but OK when it's Christianity.

Moomoomoo309 1y ago
Read the flag burning executive order - it's a nothingburger. It's been extremely misrepresented in the media. It makes nothing previously legal illegal and makes nothing previously illegal legal.
- krapp 1y ago
  It is still clearly an attempt to sidestep the first amendment and make something that is established legal free expression a de facto crime.