Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe

by Howard, Erica

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Title Statements

Full title :Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe / Erica Howard.

Summary

"In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of expression and whether this freedom can and should be restricted to protect the religious feelings of believers. This book uses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights to provide a comprehensive analysis of the questions: whether legal prohibitions of religious hate speech violate the right to freedom of expression; and, whether such laws should be used to prosecute politicians and others who contribute to current debates when they use anti-Islam rhetoric. A well-known politician who uses such rhetoric is Dutch politician Geert Wilders. He has been prosecuted twice for hate speech, and was acquitted in the first case and recently convicted in the second. These prosecutions are used to illustrate the issues involved in drawing the line between freedom of expression and religious hate speech. The author argues that freedom of expression of politicians and those contributing to the public debate should not be restricted except in two very limited circumstances: when they incite to hatred or violence and there is an imminent danger that violence will follow or where it stops people from holding or manifesting their religion. Based on this, the author concludes that the European Court of Human Rights should decide, if it is asked to do so, that Wilders conviction for hate speech violates his freedom of expression."--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : text file, PDF

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315277257, 1315277255
oclc:ocn993994710
LC Classification:KJC5154
Dewey Decimal:342.408/53

Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe- Front Cover; Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Table of cases; Other jurisdictions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Main question and argument; General background; Chapter summaries; Chapter 1: Freedom of expression and freedom of religion under the European Convention on Human Rights; Introduction; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Restrictions on the freedom of religion and freedom of expression; Margin of appreciation; A right not to be offended?

Gratuitously offensiveFostering intolerance; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Conflicts of rights?; Introduction; Conflict between freedom of expression and freedom of religion; Dealing with situations of conflict between two fundamental rights; The right not to be discriminated against; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Religious hate speech and religious hate speech laws; Introduction; Hate speech; Religious hate speech; Beliefs and believers; Blasphemy and religious hate speech; Laws against hate speech; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Restrictions on freedom of expression to spare religious feelings; Introduction.

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Subjects

Convention for the Protection of Human … Convention for the Protection of Human … Europe Freedom of expression Freedom of expression -- Europe Freedom of religion Freedom of religion -- Europe Hate speech Hate speech -- Europe LAW -- Civil Rights LAW -- Constitutional LAW -- Public Liberté d'expression -- Europe Liberté religieuse -- Europe POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom … Propagande haineuse -- Europe