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Ireland’s proposed ‘hate speech’ laws will lead to the criminalisation of religious beliefs and Church teaching

November 02, 2022

The new proposed law in Ireland will criminalise Catholics for their beliefs, writes Dubhaltach O Reachtnin Last week in Ireland proposed legislation was put forward to create a new crime under Irish law: “hate speech”. Under the new law, “a person shall be guilty of an offence if “(a) the person— (i) communicates material to the

British Government refuses to say whether proclaiming divinity of Christ is a hate crime

December 14, 2017

Lord Pearson says the government refused to answer when he asked whether stating religious belief could be 'hate'

Spanish prosecutor dismisses hate crime complaint against archbishop

August 09, 2017

A gay rights group tried to prosecute the archbishop for hate speech

Religious leaders unite to condemn extremism at Auschwitz visit

November 11, 2016

In a joint statement, Israel's religious leaders said extremism 'desecrates religion'