offence to religious feelings - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 04 Jul 2013 04:19:49 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg offence to religious feelings - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Russians could now go to prison for blasphemy https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/07/05/russians-could-now-go-to-prison-for-blasphemy/ Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:03:36 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=46506 While most of the Western World turns a blind eye to blasphemy, Russia has just enacted a tough law that imposes heavy fines or even a prison term. The law applies to "public acts that manifest patent disrespect for society and are committed with the aim of offence to the religious feelings of believers". The Read more

Russians could now go to prison for blasphemy... Read more]]> While most of the Western World turns a blind eye to blasphemy, Russia has just enacted a tough law that imposes heavy fines or even a prison term.

The law applies to "public acts that manifest patent disrespect for society and are committed with the aim of offence to the religious feelings of believers".

The Russian Orthodox Church supports the new legislation but believes it is not harsh enough.

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