Is Depicting Muhammad An Act Of Blasphemy?

flobadob | 20:30 Thu 08th Jan 2015 | Society & Culture

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Are people who depict Mohamed, which is frowned upon by Muslims, committing an act of blasphemy? If so, is this punishable by law, if blasphemy is illegal in the state in which the offending image is published?

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DaisyNonna

Depends on how the state defines blasphemy

DTCwordfan

Can you see the reaction of Christians to Jesus having a *** - or even the Archbish of Cantab? (And yes, the cartoons are out there). There's a level of decency here to be interpreted to what is acceptable and what isn't - one could argue that is both global and national level, never mind by religious groups.

Offence is set by local law too. However, what fundamental Islamists have to realise what is acceptable in France, Denmark, the UK is different to their own views and countries with which they align themselves culturally.

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Buenchico

>>>Are people who depict Mohamed . . . committing an act of blasphemy?

That depends upon your definition of 'blasphemy'. The legal definition which, until recently, applied in this country appeared to only refer to the beliefs of the Church of England. (Because it was a common law offence, there was no statute law to refer to but Court precedents suggested that a successful prosecution was only ever possible for going against the version of Christianity put forward by the C of E).

It's all academic here now anyway because the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel were abolished by Section 79 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.