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• n  blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
• n  blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

• A number of factors contribute to growing religious intolerance: a harsh blasphemy law and the increasing presence of radical organizations.
• In an Olympics of world cursing, he believes that Yiddish would rank high, and Hungarian would win the blasphemy prize hands down.
• And you have to give it up for George Lucas, who lets you commit Star Wars blasphemy.

• profanation
• desecration
• sacrilege

News & Articles

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• Egyptian Christian teacher convicted of blasphemy
  LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian teacher of blasphemy but didn't hand down a prison sentence and only imposed a fine on her.
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Egyptian Christian teacher fined for blasphemy conviction
  LUXOR, Egypt – An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian teacher of blasphemy but didn't hand down a prison sentence and only imposed a fine on her.
  June 11, 2013 - Fox News
• Egyptian Christian teacher convicted of blasphemy - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  LUXOR, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian teacher of blasphemy but didn't hand down a prison sentence and only imposed a fine on her.
  June 11, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Abdoulaye Wade in Washington Post
  I don't think freedom of expression should mean freedom from blasphemy,said Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, the chairman of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. "There can be no freedom without limits."
• Robert Gates in New York Times
  Mr. Gates joked that "having a sitting secretary of defense travel halfway across the country to make a pitch to increase the budget of other agencies might fit into the category of 'man bites dog' or, for some back in the Pentagon, blasphemy,"...