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Poll finds strong support for right to criticise religion
by Brian Hutt https://www.legal-project.org/561/poll-finds-strong-support-for-right-to-criticise Excerpt: According to the survey of more than 18,000 people, 57 per cent agreed that "people should be allowed to publicly criticise religion because people should have freedom of speech".A survey of 20 nations has found strong support for the right to criticise religion. The strongest support for the right to criticise religion was in the US, with 89 per cent, followed by Chile at 82 per cent and Mexico, at 81 per cent. Britain came fourth, with 81 per cent supporting the right to criticise religion. Thirty-four per cent of all respondents supported the right of governments "to fine or imprison people who publicly criticise a religion because such criticism could defame the religion". The seven nations with a majority of support for prohibitions on the right to criticise religion had overwhelmingly Muslim populations. In Egypt, 71 per cent agreed that criticism of religion should be prohibited, followed by Pakistan, with 62 per cent, and Iraq, with 57 per cent. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: United Nations receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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