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“Eliminate” blasphemy laws, says US commission chief on International Blasphemy Day

Blasphemy riots

World Watch Monitor Blasphemy laws are “dangerous” and should be “eliminated”, the chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, said in a story published in Newsweek to mark International Blasphemy Day on Sunday. The freedom to criticise or mock religion should not be decided by governments and their interpretation of laws, said Dr Tenzin Dorjee. […]