Criminal Liability for Assaults On and Contempt of Religions in Arab and Western Laws

Abstract

The idea of religion is based on a strong existence, divine ability and human relations to become the social pattern of man. God almighty created a natural religious feeling. The international community has guaranteed the right to choose one's religion and creed and to freely practice all rites. This has been stipulated through numerous instruments, recently, however, it has experienced many violations whether in the Arab or Foreign countries and these violations were called "defamation of religion". Our current research is an attempt to understand the concept of defamation of religion and how was the law's position on that subject, as well as clarification of its findings and recommendations.