Re: Have Muslims made a mockery of Islam?
Thank you for the correction. I was not aware of this law dating back to 1860 protecting ALL religions. Unbiased and honest folks would readily realize that this law does not just protect the faith of the majority. Cutting and pasting info from wikipedia.
India
Main article: Hatespeech laws inIndia Since Hinduism, India’s dominant religion does not have the concept of blasphemy; [19][20] such laws are absent in tradition. In 1860, British rule codified Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code which punishes as hate speech insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of any citizen with deliberate and malicious intention to outrage their religious feelings. These laws are applied to all religions including Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam. [21]
Central Government Act Section 295A in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 295A. 5 Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.-- Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of 6 citizens of India], 7 by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise] insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 8 three years], or with fine, or with both.]
I believe numbers 6 7 8 etc are references. Max is 3 yrs prison and/ or fine.