“Asian Values” in Different Forms: A Comparative Examination of How Singapore, Indonesia and Myanmar Address Insults to Religion

Abstract Insults to religion have the potential to stoke tensions and result in physical violence. To protect religious sensitivities, speech which insults religion may be criminalised, even in countries where freedom of speech is enshrined as a constitutional right. The purpose of this article is t...

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Published in:Religion and human rights
Main Author: Chao, Ivan Ng Yan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill, Nijhoff 2020
In: Religion and human rights
Year: 2020, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 207-240
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBM Asia
XA Law
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Myanmar
B Southeast Asia
B Law
B Singapore
B Minorities
B State
B Religion
B Politics
B Indonesia
B Freedom of speech
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