Editing Blasphemy (section)

=== Buddhism ===

[[Buddhism]] has no concept of blasphemy. In contrast, in [[West Asia]], the birthplace of [[Abrahamic religions]] (namely [[Islam and blasphemy#Death|Islam]], [[Judaism]], and [[#Punishment in Christianity|Christianity]]), there was no room for such tolerance and respect for dissent where heretics and blasphemers had to pay with their lives.

Insulting Buddhism is a punishable offence in some Buddhist majority counties like Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In 2015 a man from New Zealand was sentenced to prison for depicting a picture of Buddha with headphones.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-court-jails-three-over-insult-to-buddhism/a-18320079 | title=Three jailed for insult to Buddha – DW – 03/17/2015 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref> Similarly in 2020, [[Shakthika Sathkumara]], a Sri Lankan author, was sentenced 10 years in prison for insulting Buddhism.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5671/insulting-the-buddha | title=Insulting the Buddha | date=13 August 2020 }}</ref>