Blasphemy Against Holy Personages
Individuals have been accused of blasphemy or of insulting Islam for:
- speaking ill of Allah.
- finding fault with Muhammad.
- slighting a prophet who is mentioned in the Qur'an, or slighting a member of Muhammad's family.
- claiming to be a prophet or a messenger.
- speculating about how Muhammad would behave if he were alive (Nigeria).
- drawing a picture to represent Muhammad or any other prophet, or making a film which features a prophet (Egypt).
- writing Muhammad's name on the walls of a toilet (Pakistan).
- naming a teddy bear Muhammad (Sudan). See Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case.
- invoking God while committing a forbidden act.
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Famous quotes containing the words blasphemy against, blasphemy and/or holy:
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew 12:31.
“Long as I have lived, and many blasphemers as I have heard and seen, I have never yet heard or witnessed any direct and conscious blasphemy or irreverence; but of indirect and habitual, enough. Where is the man who is guilty of direct and personal insolence to Him that made him?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Betrothal,” (1662)