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4 hours agoIn Switzerland you are punished if you offend another's religious beliefs
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Any “person who publicly or maliciously or ridicules other people's religious beliefs and in particular their belief in God” in Switzerland can be fined. In addition, fines can be imposed on any person “who deliberately hinders, despises or ridicules publicly an act of worship” or “that ridicules [...]
In addition, fines can be imposed on any person “who deliberately hinders, despises or ridicules publicly an act of worship” or “that ridicules a place or object aimed at a religious ceremony or an act of worship”.
The Swiss government stood up for fines for attacks on religion.
Indeed, there were fewer than 30 criminal sentences under the law of blasphema from 2011 to 2017, according to Swiss media, while the last high profile case was in 1960, when Swiss painter Kurt Fahrna was fined 100 Swiss francs and held three days in prison for his painting of a naked woman, Iseder broadcasts.
