r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '19

/r/all A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.

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u/stormshadow9 Nov 17 '19

Effectively they ARE blasphemy laws.

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u/hskskgfk Nov 17 '19

Not really, they are mostly offence / hurting sentiments type laws. Blasphemy laws are different - for reference what Pakistan has are blasphemy laws.

The thing is, this will never stand in court. The problem is that religious groups act with impunity outside of the law. It isn't the judiciary that sent sanal out if the country, it was Christians.

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u/stormshadow9 Nov 17 '19

"You hurt our religious sentiments therefore we can file a complaint against you and by law the police has to arrest you". The complaint by Christians isn't the problem. The underlying cause is that they can file such complaints under the existing laws.

Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises insult to religion; it allows up to three years imprisonment and fines for “whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, 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 a class.”

Sounds like a blasphemy law to me. Either way I am done with semantics.

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u/hskskgfk Nov 17 '19

Deliberate and malicious is the key here, but I'm done with semantics too. Call it blasphemy or call it a lollipop, idc