The 71 countries with blasphemy legislation were ranked in the report. Factors included the vagueness and penalty severity of the laws, as well as how they affected freedom of expression and religion.
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By Shabina S. Khatri | August 19, 2017
Qatar’s blasphemy laws are among the five worst in the world when it comes to violating human rights, a new US report has said.
The Gulf state was ranked fifth in the newly released Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws.
It came just behind Iran, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, and narrowly ahead of Egypt, Italy and Algeria.
The report was authored by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
It found that 71 of the world’s 195 nations have blasphemy laws, with penalties ranging from fines to jail time or death.
Blasphemy was defined as “the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God.”
Human rights
The purpose of the report was to raise awareness of human rights violations incurred through blasphemy laws.
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