Editing Blasphemy (section)

==== The Council of Europe's rejection of ABL and affirmation of FOS ====
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The [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], after deliberating on the issue of blasphemy law passed the resolution that blasphemy should not be a criminal offence,<ref name=aff1>{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=17569&lang=en|title=PACE - Recommendation 1805 (2007) - Blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion|website=assembly.coe.int}}</ref> which was adopted on 29 June 2007 in the ''"Recommendation 1805 (2007) on blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion"''. This Recommendation set a number of guidelines for member states of the [[Council of Europe]] in view of Articles 10 (freedom of expression) and 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]].