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The roll of shame 2009

The roll of shame 1985

Atheist Ireland's list of blasphemous quotes

Censorship in Ireland

Censorship in 20th century Ireland

Sharia law in the West

Sharia law in the UK


Repeal the blasphemy law!
Defend the right to criticise religion.
Stop Sharia law in Ireland!

What is needed now is a commitment by Fine Gael and Labour that if they are elected, they will repeal the blasphemy law, and hold a referendum to delete the offensive passage from the Constitution.


Sharia law in Ireland

Opinion polls show that a disturbingly large number of Irish Muslims want Sharia religious law in Ireland (not a majority, but a large minority).

In 2009, for reasons that are still unclear and unconvincing, the Fianna Fail Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern introduced a working blasphemy law.

He may not mean it to, but as has happened with similar "hate" and "defamation" laws in other countries, this could be the first foothold of sharia law in Ireland. The Muslim fundamentalists of MPAC Ireland hope this is true (and think this is a good thing).




Blasphemy law, 2009




Fianna Fail Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern, the man who introduced a working blasphemy law in Ireland in 2009.
He is gone, but his embarrassing and sinister blasphemy law lives on.
Image from UK Foreign Office. See terms of use.



FF loses my vote


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Past religious oppression in Irish law

Not in modern times - until this bill - was any new religious oppression introduced by Irish politicians. Rather, there has been the reverse, a steady ending of religious oppression:


Campaign to repeal the blasphemy law

What is needed now is a commitment by Fine Gael and Labour that if they are elected, they will repeal the blasphemy law, and hold a referendum to delete the offensive passage from the Constitution.




The Blasphemy Challenge.
Refers to Mark 3:29.
See all responses. See Dan Dennett.
I certainly deny the existence of the Holy Spirit.



The Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Fianna Fail proposes making insulting him illegal.
Image from here.



The cartoon that was the subject of the only attempt since 1937 to mount a prosecution for blasphemy.
After the 1995 divorce referendum, the Sunday Independent published this cartoon on 26 Nov 1995, suggesting the government was moving beyond the church. The tag-line is a play on the anti-divorce slogan "Hello divorce - bye bye daddy".
In 1999 a case against this cartoon came to court but was unsuccessful.
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If the above cartoon is thought blasphemous, how about this scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral?
Or the many Eucharist Desecration and Bible Burning videos on YouTube?



"Blasphemous" exhibition, protesting against the blasphemy law.
"A celebration of artistic freedom and intellectual discourse."
2 to 25 Apr 2010, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Lad Lane, off Baggot Street, Dublin 2.



Someone in Ireland burns the Koran, and posts the video to YouTube here in Oct 2012.
The Sun claims he is a neo-Nazi, but that is not clear from the video, and may be confusion with someone else.
I've no interest in this person, but I am struck by the fact that the Gardai are investigating this.
Burning the Koran is illegal? Is burning the Bible illegal also? Is there a list of books that cannot be burnt?
Of course The Sun fails to tell us that Ali Selim believes in sharia law.





The roll of shame 2009 (Irish politicians who voted to make blasphemy illegal)




The roll of shame 1985 (Irish politicians who voted against legalising contraception)




Atheist Ireland's list of blasphemous quotes




Hate speech against Christianity:
"They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers. They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve."
What book contains such hate speech? It must surely be banned. It's, um, the Quran.



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