Religious Offence and Human Rights: The Implications of Defamation of Religions

by Lorenz Langer

Book Overview

Should international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Muslim States have endeavoured to establish some reputational protection for religions on the international level by pushing for recognition of the novel concept of 'defamation of religions'. This study recounts these efforts as well as the opposition they aroused, particularly by proponents of free...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107039576
• ISBN13: 9781107039575
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"