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A Brief History of Blasphemy: Liberalism, Censorship and the Satanic Verses is a 1990 book by Richard Webster, in which the author discusses the controversy...

unrestricted freedom of expression and the abolition of the British blasphemy laws. As a response, Richard Webster wrote A Brief History of Blasphemy in which he...

interested in the problem of false allegations partly due to reading the work of historian Norman Cohn. In A Brief History of Blasphemy (1990), Webster discussed...

comments in A Brief History of Blasphemy (1990) that "internalised censorship played a significant role in the handling" of Monty Python's Life of Brian. In...

book as a masterclass in foreshadowing and character development, further adding that "Victory City is a bold confrontation of religion, history and tradition...

United States began to invalidate laws against blasphemy which had been on the books since before the founding of the nation [citation needed], or prosecutions...

The Powers of Evil in Western Religion and Folk Belief. A Brief History of Blasphemy Christian anarchism Hussey, Andrew (2001). The Game of War: The Life...

A blasphemy law is a law prohibiting blasphemy, which is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects,...

the history, origin, and worldwide dissemination of this notorious, antisemitic plagiarism, literary forgery, and hoax. A Brief History of Blasphemy Cohn...

in some special cases as enacted legislation. The common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel were formally abolished in England and Wales in...

Iraqi Kurd sometimes compared to Rushdie Richard Webster's book A Brief History of Blasphemy, which discusses The Satanic Verses controversy Jessica Jacobson...

in England for the highest performance in a series of special written examinations taken over the course of a week. It was instituted and first awarded...

during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. It may also be said after having heard, seen or inadvertently uttered profanity or blasphemy. The Divine Praises...

while some blasphemy implies the existence of God, laws demonstrate that there were also cases of blasphemy that directly attacked articles of faith. Italian...

of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820744-3. A Brief History of Blasphemy...

legal system of Ireland grew out of the common law system of English law, and so Irish jurisprudence on blasphemy largely reflected that of England. The...

Publications. ISBN 9789386062505. "A brief history of the anti-blasphemy laws". Herald. 31 October 2018. "Hand out blinkers for blasphemy law". The Express Tribune...

obliged to live in the city. Blasphemy and concubinage were severely punished. Prostitutes were expelled or confined in a reserved district. The Inquisition's...

made blasphemy a capital crime.[citation needed] Thomas Aikenhead, the son of a surgeon in the city, aged 18, was indicted for blasphemy by order of the...

Islamic doctrine. New criminal offences of adultery, fornication and types of blasphemy, and new punishments of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death...