Religous Hate Speech
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Issues that are prominent within the anti-Muslim hate discourse that pervaded Sri Lanka in recent years are the speed at which the Muslim community is increasing its numbers—they are said to become a majority in a few decades; as well as... more
This paper examines two recent contributions to the hate speech literature – by Steven Heyman and Jeremy Waldron – which seek a justification for the legal restriction of hate speech in an account of the way that hate speech infringes... more
Le sujet de ce travail est la relation entre l’art. 17 (interdiction de l’abus de droit) et la liberté d’expression dans la jurisprudence de la Cour. L’ancienne Commission européenne des droits de l’homme et la Cour européenne des droits... more
La generalización de las comunicaciones electrónicas, junto a otras muchas transformaciones, ha facilitado enormemente tanto la comunicación interpersonal como la participación en el debate público a cualquier ciudadano. Como resultado,... more
Tensions between Muslim and Buddhist communities have been steadily rising in Myanmar over the years, and exist against a backdrop of corruption, former military authoritarianism, and ethno-religious conflict. A campaign of hate speech... more
Use (and abuse) of power of public administration to impose sanction against hate speech in Spain ABSTRACT: The increased use of administrative policing to combat hate speech is a controversial novelty. It means a paradigm shift. The... more
Les actes haineux à caractère xénophobe, notamment islamophobe: Résultats d'une recherche menée à travers le Québec. Etude de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. Co-auteur.e.s : JS. Imbeault, K.... more
This systematic study investigates how Luther managed his expositional task. The realm of participation in Salvation unveils Luther's concept of method for expounding the Holy Scriptures. A survey on the past research of Luther's handling... more
Although social media has greatly facilitated contact between people, it has provided new opportunities for online bullying and the propagation of Hate speech. How can students be taught about these problems in the classroom and about the... more
This paper examines the evolution of hate speech law through chronological developments. Beginning during the Constitutional Assembly debates, it examines how hate speech law has been interpreted by courts and legislative developments in... more
Issues that are prominent within the anti-Muslim hate discourse that pervaded Sri Lanka in recent years are the speed at which the Muslim community is increasing its numbers—they are said to become a majority in a few decades; as well as... more
In The Politics of Fear, Wodak analyses the rise of populist right-wing parties and immigration policies across Europe from a discourse-historical perspective. Wodak attempts to trace, understand and explain the trajectories of populist... more
With the advent of the internet and increasing circulation of hate speech, and ma- terial that has been linked to public order disturbances, there has been a shift in the legal discourse around hate speech. What has emerged, especially... more
This article attempts to explain why the United States is exhibiting the most liberal stand on protecting freedom of expression. It is argued that the American credo is comprised of strong belief in liberty and individuality and of strong... more
J. Doomen and A. Ellian (eds.), De strijd van gelijkheid en vrijheid. The Hague: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2015. This study inquires the extent of freedom of expression in the present era. I wrote a chapter (pp. 107-123) and co-authored... more
Sloboda govora, kao jedno od osnovnih ljudskih prava, u savremenom društvu predstavlja nesigurno tle podobno zloupotrebama. Jedna od zloupotreba slobode govora je govor mržnje. Savremeni vidovi komunikacije proširili su teren na kom je... more
Canadá es un Estado Federal en el que la competencia sobre libertad religiosa la ostentan las provincias que lo componen. No obstante, la jurisprudencia de la Corte Suprema sobre el acomodo razonable constituye una base común para toda la... more
Digital revolution of the last decades has redrawn the boundaries of freedom of expression, encouraging widespread and massive cultural participation and the highest – at least in the current state of science and technology – human and... more
The author deals with the problem of combating hate speech on the Internet. In this regard, the author first starts from the problem of making hate speech on the Internet illegal and creating legal frameworks for punishing responsible... more
Abstract: Hate speech has precipitated heated debate in many countries, and is perplexed by differing standards of protection governing such language that have evolved in different jurisdictions. In India, ‘hate speech’ law can be traced... more
The article examines how a set of key actors—the police, civil society and social media platforms responded to a series of violent incidents in Pune in 2014 that resulted in the death of Mohsin Sheikh. The hate speech by the Hindu Rashtra... more
The research is titled “The phenomenon of internet hate” and seeks to analyze the online behaviour of internet audiences. A number of high profile Indian journalists, namely Rajdeep Sardesai, Ravish Kumar and others have been... more
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right but it is not an absolute right, it may be restricted legitimately. International and regional human rights provisions have laid out what such restrictions legitimate in the so-called three... more
This article attempts to explain why the United States is exhibiting the most liberal stand on protecting freedom of expression. It is argued that the American credo is comprised of strong belief in liberty and individuality and of strong... more
This article argues that restrictions on expression based on 'gross offensiveness' or similar public morality notions embedded in speech offences are not and cannot be politically neutral and be evenly applied to political speech, no... more
Praca zawiera przegląd teorii, ram prawnych i badań dotyczących zjawiska mowy nienawiści, dyskursu strachu i niebezpiecznej mowy. Drugą część opracowania stanowi stanowi raport z badań, których obiektem były polskie i tureckie komentarze... more
Malaysia is made up of many racial and religious grou ps whose fundamental rights have been protected by and enshrined in the Federal Constitution. However, our history has witnessed the unfortunate events of racial riots and at present,... more
Synopsis The recent jailing of far-right extremists in the UK reflects the tip of the iceberg of a growing threat from extremist and radical rhetoric. It is becoming a global network that is infiltrating mainstream politics across the... more
In ‘Aeon’ magazine (2 August 2017), Professor Paul Russell claims that tolerance demands that criticism of ideologies be permitted; but it also demands that criticism of natural identities be suppressed. He says that the Left’s failure to... more
"A Comparison of Religious Discrimination in Argentina and the United States" is an excerpt of the larger work, "Different Approaches, Different Results: A Comparison of Social Issues in the United States and Argentina," a collaborative... more
An epidemic may be defined as a social problem that can lead to a crisis which needs urgent social and political measures. In this regard, hate crimes can be evaluated as a social epidemic. In this study, the use of epidemic metaphor is... more
This study is mainly concerned with the conceptions of successful and unsuccessful integration between Muslims and Non-Muslims in Slovenia. In September and October 2013 using the method of quantitative and qualitative approach, a... more
Published in Human Rights Defender, University of New South Wales, Vol. 21. Issue 1, March 2012, p. 7.
Nowe media w służbie terroryzmu. Na przykładzie Bliskiego Wschodu, [w:] M. Bodziany (red.), Społeczeństwo a wojna. Oblicza bezpieczeństwa w XX i XXI wieku, Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Oficerskiej Wojsk Lądowych im gen. Tadeusza Kościuszki,... more
The congregants thanked God that they weren’t like all those hopeless people outside the church, bound for hell. So the Westboro Baptist Church’s Sunday service began, and Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a curious observer, wondered why anyone would... more
Facebook has become one of the fastest growing social media platforms. At the end of 2013, Facebook had 1,23bn monthly active users and 757 million daily users who log onto Facebook. Within this online space, there are also a growing... more
This study is a textual analysis of select social media hate speech messages against clergymen in Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to examine the degree of hate speech messages against select clergymen in Nigeria, the frames of... more