Blasphemy laws of Islamic Republic of Iran are laws against disrespecting Islam and the high-ranking members of the government. Blasphemy laws are in line with sharia^[1] The International Humanist and Ethical Union promulgates such laws as "frivolous and vindictive".^[2] Sharia ( translit: ) refers to the body of Islamic law. ... Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the sole world umbrella organisation [1] embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, Ethical Culture, freethought and similar organisations world-wide. ...

Incidents

Many news outlets have been closed on allegations of "insulting Islam" or criticizing "the Islamic foundation of the Republic."^[3]

Nikahang Kowsar spent time in jail for irreverent drawings of Muhammad.^[4] The most famous example is the sentencing of Salman Rushdie to death^[5] which the government of Iran has been unable to carry out in Great Britain due to lack of jurisdiction. Part of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's attainder by religious edict states Nikahang Kowsar (Persian: نیک‌آهنگ کوثر , born 1969) is an Iranian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Toronto, Canada. ... Muhammad (Arabic ; also Mohammed, Mohamet, and other variants[1] [2] [3]), 570-632 C.E.,[4] [5] was an Arab religious and political leader who established Islam and the Muslim community (Ummah, Arabic: أمة) to whom he preached. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Urdu: , Hindi: on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is a British-Indian essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Ayatollah (Arabic: آية الله; Persian: آيت‌الله) is a high rank given to major Shia clerics. ... It has been suggested that Ahmad Musavi Hindi be merged into this article or section. ...

I would like to inform all the intrepid Muslims in the world. . . that the author of the book titled The Satanic Verses, which has been compiled, printed, and published in opposition to Islam, the Prophet, and the Koran, as well as those publishers who were aware of its contents, have been declared madhur el dam [“those whose blood must be shed”]. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them quickly, wherever they find them, so that no one will dare to insult Islam again. . . .[5][6]

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Freedom of expression

On the other hand, there is freedom of expression if the manner thereof is not subversive to the government, treasonous, profane and vulgar, pornographic, or as Article 24 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran states, "detrimental to the fundamental principles of Islam or the rights of the public." For example, in 2006, the Iranian government held an exhibit for Holocaust cartoons^[7][8] the winner whereof had depicted the Israelis committing genocide against the Palestinians.^[9] Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...

See also

• Freedom of thought
• Freedom of the press

Freedom of thought (also called freedom of conscience and freedom of ideas) is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, regardless of anyone elses view. ... Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public press for its citizens and their associations, extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ...

References and notes

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External links

• "Islamic Republic of Barbarism, Courtesy of Mullahs of Iran"