Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide — Who Controls Belief?
What happens when protecting the sacred also gives institutions the authority to decide which beliefs may be questioned?
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Using Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide by Paul Marshall and Nina Shea as our lens, this Deep Dive investigates how restrictions on apostasy, blasphemy, heresy, and religious insult can become mechanisms for regulating dissent, religious conformity, political criticism, and public debate.
Drawing primarily on developments documented through 2011, Marshall…
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