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Europe Wades Further into Sharia Law

The Erosion of Free Speech: How Europe's Legal System is Prioritizing Religious Sensitivity Over Individual Rights

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Craig Biddle
Oct 31, 2018
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided that criticizing Islam or the “Prophet” Muhammad in a way that hurts the “religious feelings” of Muslims is legitimately against the law in the forty-seven European countries over which the court has jurisdiction.

On October 25, 2018, the ECHR upheld an Austrian court’s 2011 conviction of Elisabeth Sa…

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