Norway rejects blasphemy law proposal

February 4th, 2009 by Monitor

Good news from Norway, where Dagbladet reports that the Norwegian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal to extend existing anti-hate laws to include blasphemy has been withdrawn because it was deeply unpopular among all parties – including the party which suggested it and Norway’s religious leaders.

At least, that’s as much as can be gleaned from Google Translate.


3 Responses to “Norway rejects blasphemy law proposal”

  1. Vir says:
    04/Feb/2009 at 11:55 pm

    It was not a vote. One of the parties on the coalition government withdrew their proposal because it was hugely unpopular even before it became a formal bill.

  2. Monitor says:
    05/Feb/2009 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for that, Vir.

  3. marc draco says:
    05/Feb/2009 at 9:40 pm

    Still good news. Anything that pisses off Muslims like this is good news.