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- Dictionaryblasphemy/ˈblasfəmi/
noun
- 1. the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk: "he was detained on charges of blasphemy"
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Act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or sacred person or thing
Blasphemy refers to an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something considered inviolable. Some religions regard blasphemy as a crime, including insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, speaking the "sacred name" in Judaism, and blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is "eternal sin" in Christianity. It was also a crime und... Wikipedia