What happens when a muslim prays in a public area in US

[Gandhi G in da house]

No non-Muslim can do this in most (or all ?) Muslim majority countries.

 

[Hindustani78]

295 and 295 a are for all religions. Most sections of Blasphemy law of Pakistan are specific to Islam

First thing the Blasphemy law was introduced in 1860 all over Sub Continent by the British Government which is still followed in India but there were some addition amendment made in Pakistan which become 295 B in 1982 which was just a bit more addition in section 295A and Quran was added in it but in fact even the same blasphemy law is applied in Pakistan for desecrating bible or any other religious scripture.

295 B Defiling the copy of Holy Qur’an. Whoever wilfully defiles, damages or desecrates a copy of the Holy Qur’an or of an extract there from or uses it in any derogatory manner for any unlawful purpose shall be punishable with imprisonment for life.

and then in 1986 again amendment was done and section 295C came into existence in which insulting of Prophet Muhammed was made a crime and all these sections are based on section 295 and 295A


Indian Blasphemy law
Section 295: Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years,

Section 295-A: Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

 

[Dubious]

Arent Zimmi hood and Blasphemy laws a reality in Pakistan ?

Lets take a walk:

Austria
In Austria, a section of the penal code relates to blasphemy:

• § 188 : Vilification of Religious Teachings

Brazil
Art. 208 of the penal code states that "publicly vilifying an act or object of religious worship" is a crime punishable with 1 month to a year of incarceration, or fine.

Canada
Main article: Blasphemous libel
See also: Hate speech laws in Canada

Denmark

In Denmark, Paragraph 140 of the penal code is about blasphemy. The paragraph has not been used since 1938 when a Nazi group was convicted for antisemitic propaganda. The hate speech paragraph (266b) is used more frequently. Abolition of the blasphemy clause has been proposed several times by members of the parliament, but has failed to gain majority.

Egypt
Main article: Blasphemy law in Egypt
In Egypt, insulting Islam and its prophet can and has resulted in the death penalty. For instance, seven Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death on November 28, 2012 for their role in the anti-Mohammad movie.

European initiatives

In place of blasphemy or in addition to blasphemy in some European countries is the crime of "religious insult". A "religious insult," effectively a subset of the crime of blasphemy, is forbidden in Andorra, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Finland
In Finland, section 10 of chapter 17 of the Criminal Code relate to blasphemy. Unsuccessful attempts were made to rescind the section in 1914, 1917, 1965, 1970, and 1998.

In 1969, Harro Koskinen was prosecuted for publishing a picture of his painting called Pig Messiah, which featured a crucified pig. For violating the sensibilities of a religion, Koskinen had to pay a fine.

In 2008, the issue of religious sensibilities arose again. On 30 May 2008, Tampere District Court sentenced Seppo Lehto to two years and four months in prison for offences which involve hate speech and blasphemy. The court found Lehto guilty of: defamation, incitement of an ethnic group, and violating the sensibilities of a religion. The judgment said that Lehto had violated the sensibilities of Islam because he had disseminated, with insulting intentions, material which openly blasphemes and desecrates that which Muslims deem holy.[19] Outraged by the punishment of Lehto, Jussi Halla-aho, a Helsinki councilman, posted to the Internet in 2008 some controversial remarks about Islam and about Somalis. Those remarks induced Helsinki District Court to order Halla-aho to trial.

Germany
In Germany, blasphemy is covered by Article 166 of the Strafgesetzbuch, the German criminal law. If a deed is capable of disturbing the public peace, blasphemy is actionable. The article reads as follows:

§ 166 Defamation of religious denominations, religious societies and World view associations
(1) Whoever publicly or by dissemination of writings (§ 11 par. 3) defames, in a manner suitable to disturb the public peace, the substance of the religious or world view conviction of others, shall be fined or imprisoned for up to three years.
(2) Whoever publicly or by dissemination of writings (§ 11 par. 3) defames, in a manner suitable to disturb the public peace, a church established in Germany or other religious society or world view association, or their institutions or customs, shall be punished likewise.
In 2006, the application of this article received much media attention when a Manfred van H. (also known as "Mahavo") was prosecuted for blasphemy for distributing rolls of toilet paper with the words "Koran, the Holy Koran" stamped on them


And the list goes on : Blasphemy law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hindustani78]

Zia ul Haq added more laws in those sections and thus they are completely different and discriminatory compared to original 295/295A laws framed during British era.

295B and 295C sections were just expanded and amended from 295 and 295A

 

[Dubious]

No non-Muslim can do this in most (or all ?) Muslim majority countries.

Do what exactly?

Zia ul Haq added more laws in those sections and thus they are completely different and discriminatory compared to original 295/295A laws framed during British era.

Kindly do paste your version ...though nothing to do with America or their people (as par title of the thread)...

 

[INDIC]

295B and 295C sections were just expanded and amended from 295 and 295A

I don't know the sub sections but Zia ul Haq brought those unpopular additions, rest of the old laws is hardly implemented to protect the religious rights of Hindus and Christians.

 

[Hindustani78]

Lets take a walk:

Austria
In Austria, a section of the penal code relates to blasphemy:

• § 188 : Vilification of Religious Teachings

Brazil
Art. 208 of the penal code states that "publicly vilifying an act or object of religious worship" is a crime punishable with 1 month to a year of incarceration, or fine.

Canada
Main article: Blasphemous libel
See also: Hate speech laws in Canada

Denmark

In Denmark, Paragraph 140 of the penal code is about blasphemy. The paragraph has not been used since 1938 when a Nazi group was convicted for antisemitic propaganda. The hate speech paragraph (266b) is used more frequently. Abolition of the blasphemy clause has been proposed several times by members of the parliament, but has failed to gain majority.

Egypt
Main article: Blasphemy law in Egypt
In Egypt, insulting Islam and its prophet can and has resulted in the death penalty. For instance, seven Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death on November 28, 2012 for their role in the anti-Mohammad movie.

European initiatives
In place of blasphemy or in addition to blasphemy in some European countries is the crime of "religious insult". A "religious insult," effectively a subset of the crime of blasphemy, is forbidden in Andorra, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Finland
In Finland, section 10 of chapter 17 of the Criminal Code relate to blasphemy. Unsuccessful attempts were made to rescind the section in 1914, 1917, 1965, 1970, and 1998.

In 1969, Harro Koskinen was prosecuted for publishing a picture of his painting called Pig Messiah, which featured a crucified pig. For violating the sensibilities of a religion, Koskinen had to pay a fine.

In 2008, the issue of religious sensibilities arose again. On 30 May 2008, Tampere District Court sentenced Seppo Lehto to two years and four months in prison for offences which involve hate speech and blasphemy. The court found Lehto guilty of: defamation, incitement of an ethnic group, and violating the sensibilities of a religion. The judgment said that Lehto had violated the sensibilities of Islam because he had disseminated, with insulting intentions, material which openly blasphemes and desecrates that which Muslims deem holy.[19] Outraged by the punishment of Lehto, Jussi Halla-aho, a Helsinki councilman, posted to the Internet in 2008 some controversial remarks about Islam and about Somalis. Those remarks induced Helsinki District Court to order Halla-aho to trial.

Germany
In Germany, blasphemy is covered by Article 166 of the Strafgesetzbuch, the German criminal law. If a deed is capable of disturbing the public peace, blasphemy is actionable. The article reads as follows:

§ 166 Defamation of religious denominations, religious societies and World view associations
(1) Whoever publicly or by dissemination of writings (§ 11 par. 3) defames, in a manner suitable to disturb the public peace, the substance of the religious or world view conviction of others, shall be fined or imprisoned for up to three years.
(2) Whoever publicly or by dissemination of writings (§ 11 par. 3) defames, in a manner suitable to disturb the public peace, a church established in Germany or other religious society or world view association, or their institutions or customs, shall be punished likewise.
In 2006, the application of this article received much media attention when a Manfred van H. (also known as "Mahavo") was prosecuted for blasphemy for distributing rolls of toilet paper with the words "Koran, the Holy Koran" stamped on them


And the list goes on : Blasphemy law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Blasphemy law is almost same in all the countries just there is an extra hype when its in Muslim countries. If i am not wrong even for desecrating and insulting other religion or religious book is having the same punishment in Pakistan ?

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Do what exactly?

Pray/worship etc.

 

[Hindustani78]

I don't know the sub sections but Zia ul Haq brought those unpopular additions, rest of the old laws is hardly implemented to protect the religious rights of Hindus and Christians.

I have already posted them and now again for you, the sections were further amended and made it more clear.

Indian Blasphemy law
Section 295: Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years,

Section 295-A: Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Blasphemy law is almost same in all the countries just there is an extra hype when its in Muslim countries. If i am not wrong even for desecrating and insulting other religion or religious book is having the same punishment in Pakistan ?

What is the penalty for Muslim and non Muslim countries vis a vis blasphemy laws? That is what is most important.

 

[Dubious]

Pray/worship etc.

When did we stop...the constitution clearly states no preaching nothing about no practicing! Spend more time on healthy websites

Blasphemy law is almost same in all the countries just there is an extra hype when its in Muslim countries. If i am not wrong even for desecrating and insulting other religion or religious book is having the same punishment in Pakistan ?

We do have laws for them...its a different story our corrupt fail to utilize them!

The title of the thread is what happens when a Muslim prays in public area in US..

Why is it derailing into all sorts of things?

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

When did we stop...the constitution clearly states no preaching nothing about no practicing! Spend more time on healthy websites

Samajhdar ko ishara kaafi hai. My post wasn't for you or your like. Any neutral observer would agree with what I said.

 

[Hindustani78]

What is the penalty for Muslim and non Muslim countries vis a vis blasphemy laws? That is what is most important.

There are jail terms and fines .

 

[he-man]

@Jungibaaz
damn that was a fuc##%g long rebuttal!!

 

[Dubious]

Samajhdar ko ishara kaafi hai. My post wasn't for you or your like. Any neutral observer would agree with what I said.

Sorry but I do know who you audience was supposed to be but I am sorry to say your question was regarding the laws not what is practiced under the table! I covered both!

We do have laws for them...its a different story our corrupt fail to utilize them!

Maybe your expected samajhdar Neutral audience comes from people who lack knowledge about the difference or just like to pick fights and embarrass themselves?!