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Introduce laws to prevent insult to religions and religious personalities.

Closed 74 signatures

What the petition asks

The world is seeing a rise in disturbing trends of extremism in society that seek to create a fear, suspicion and hate towards Muslims masked under the guise of freedom of expression, nationalism and patriotism.
Early 20th century anti-Semitic propaganda of the Nazis sought to control the news and information to the people that ultimately resulted in the expulsion and mass murder of millions of Jews in Europe. In the current climate powerful groups of people and individuals have been emboldened by a belief that it is their right to offend, ridicule and target an entire faith community (Islam and Muslims), by creating a climate of fear and suspicion under the guise of freedom of speech and expression.

Timeline

9 Oct 2018 Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 74
Status Closed
Opened 9 Oct 2018
Closed 9 Apr 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.