Opinion

Anti-Blasphemy Laws Are Great for Tyrants, but Terrible for Dissidents

PROTECT DISSENT

Far-right provocateurs burning Qurans led Denmark to pass a law forbidding “improper treatment” of religious texts. History shows this is a very bad idea.

Jacob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama
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