1st Edition
Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe
By Erica Howard
Copyright 2018
191 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of expression and whether this freedom can and should be restricted to protect the religious feelings of believers. This book uses the case law of the... Read more
Introduction 1. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion under the European Convention on Human Rights 2. Conflicts of rights? 3. Religious hate speech and religious hate speech laws 4. Restrictions on freedom of expression to spare religious feelings 5. Alternative approaches to (religious) hate speech 6. Case in point: the prosecutions of Geert Wilders Conclusion
Biography
Erica Howard is Associate Professor in law at Middlesex University, UK.
