Abstract
Insulting religious beliefs and sanctities in some cases will intersect with freedom of speech. In this case, offenders have raided religious beliefs of other people under the guise of freedom of speech and insult them by poisoned arrows. While opponents thinkthis is the right while opponents think, this is the right which can be limited and undoubtedly insulting religious sanctities and religious beliefs, is considered as the boundary for this human right. Way of boundaries between these two challenging concepts is the foundation of this study that leads to preventation of spearding the freedom of speech to make insulting and not so much that sanctities circle and religious beliefs can be extended that no place for free speech and thinking and criticism can be remained. This study investigate the relationship between the crime of insulting religious sanctities and freedom of speech in Iranian law and international instruments on human rights using descriptive and analytical methods.
Highlights
From the French revolution onwards, freedom of speech is considered as a human right and glorious achievements for humankind
Way of boundaries between these two challenging concepts is the foundation of this study that leads to preventation of spearding the freedom of speech to make insulting and not so much that sanctities circle and religious beliefs can be extended that no place for free speech and thinking and criticism can be remained
This study investigate the relationship between the crime of insulting religious sanctities and freedom of speech in Iranian law and international instruments on human rights using descriptive and analytical methods
Summary
From the French revolution onwards, freedom of speech is considered as a human right and glorious achievements for humankind. It can be said that in the field of human rights, none of the known freedom is not capable of abusing as the freedom of speech is When this human right is considered in contradiction with some other human rights, such as freedom of religion, it shows in another way. On the other hand it can not be ignored that fundamentality of the human rights does not make it absolutely safe from any harm It can be cited several examples including the freedom of religion among the human rights, on one hand interacting and overlapping and on the other hand,the possibility of conflict between the rights of human were te serious challenges and an acceptable compromise is needed to take place. It is necessary that respecting religions and religious sanctities be protected inadition to determining the boundaries of freedom of speech and in the other hand sanctities circle must not be wide enough to be pretext for the opponents and enemies of human freedom, especially freedom of speech
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