Recenti innovazioni delle legislazioni antiblasfemia nei paesi a maggioranza islamica tra pace e libertà religiosa: la ricerca di un equilibrio che non c’è

RECENT INNOVATIONS OF ANTI-BLASPHEMY LEGISLATIONS IN ISLAMIC MAJORITY COUNTRIES, BETWEEN PEACE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. When contentious blasphemy laws are pressed into service in fledgling democracies with illiberal tendencies such as Pakistan, Nigeria or Indonesia, critical questions arise about judicial integrity and the political nature of blasphemy trials. This paper contends that the revival of blasphemy as a punishable crime relates to political power calculations and electoral opportunities, and offers an analysis of blasphemy’s legislations in Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia.