Insulting the sacred in a multicultural society: the conviction of Jussi Halla-aho under the Finnish religious insult section

This article analyses the most well-known and legally important contemporary Finnish religious insult case: the case of the politician Jussi Halla-aho. Concluded in 2012, the said legal process resulted in a conviction due to Halla-aho’s blog post about Islam and its sacred figures. Using a discursi...

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Main Author: Äystö, Tuomas (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 191-211
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Finland / Secularism / The Holy / Insult
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AX Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Blasphemy
B Finland
B Hate Speech
B Politics
B Sacred
B religious insult
Online Access: Volltext (doi)