Tag: blasphemy
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Affixing the Imprimatur, queer art and blasphemy in Cork.
Wherein the definition of art and who gets the imprimatur? I find myself at a loss regarding how the problem of blasphemy is being discussed in Cork. There has been no art-historical analysis of queer art, there has been little media reference to the issue of the 2006-2009 Defamation Bill, and discussion on one political site…
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PEN International Endorses Irish PEN Centre’s Campaign Against Ireland’s Blasphemy Laws
27 April 2011 : from The Irish PEN website ” PEN International strongly supports the repeal of Ireland’s Defamation Act of 2009 and an amendment to the Irish Constitution‘s requirement that blasphemy be prohibited under Irish law. PEN is an organization whose members pledge to promote good understanding and mutual respect between nations and to…
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‘Strip-Tease’ by Eithne Strong.
Strip-Tease A poet must talk in riddles if he will not risk himself for fear of public eye and tongue blaspheming privacies : a host of leeches sucking parallels carnivores to strip his shivering secrecies wrapped intricately. he should be silent or speak out. No one asked for his arbitrary…
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Irish PEN , Urgent Need for Constitutional Referendum on Blasphemy In Ireland
I am linking here to the Irish PEN statement on Ireland’s need for a Constitutional Referendum on Blasphemy. Readers of this blog know that there is a link to the International PEN Statement on Defamation of Religions on the Site, and some links to the 2006-2009 Defamation Bill. I am adding here two links from…
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Anniversary of Ireland’s blasphemy criminalisation, Incentivisation.
The 2006-2009 Defamation Bill : The first anniversary of the Blasphemy Criminalisation in Ireland occurs January 1st 2011. The 2006-2009 Defamation Bill in Ireland is rather unique, it was railroaded through the Dáil in summer of 2009 through a system called the guillotine vote, together with a majority vote by the two Government parties, Fianna…
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Writers Urge U.N. to Abandon Efforts to Prohibit Defamation of Religions, Concentrate Instead on Respect-Building Initiatives
“Human rights are attached to individuals, not to states or organized groups or ideas,” said International PEN President John Ralston Saul, who chaired the two-hour session entitled Faith and Free Speech: Defamation of Religions and Freedom of Expression. “When governments attempt to limit the rights of citizens, they are not seeking to protect faith or…
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The Old King; a criminalisation for blasphemy remains on the Irish statute.
The Old King, a Criminalisation for Blasphemy remains on the Irish Statute. The image of the Old King is by french expressionist/fauvist painter Georges Rouault who was accused by the predecessors of this Irish Government of both blasphemy and incompetence. His paintings, mainly of religious themes, were refused exhibition in Dublin. A spirited defence of Rouault was undertaken…
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‘Various Creeds attempt to but can’t split the world of spirit from the world of shit’
Abandoned Graveyard : The Blasphemer’s Banquet, Part the IV’ ” Where some of Bradford’s past already lies life flowers in these already bright affirming eyes, though her forehead rests on some old grave she thinks that time stays still, and never flies. It won’t be long before she knows that everything vanishes with the rose…
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Blasphemy and The Arts in Ireland (2009-2010).
Just a short note on the issue of criminalisation for blasphemic utterance/publication , introduced by Dermot Ahern, Minister for Justice, on the 01/01/10 . The criminalisation for Blasphemy is part of the Defamation Bill (2006-2009) and despite assurances on the issues of merit in the Arts, the Bill clearly incentivises legal action based in the ability of blasphemic…
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The Blasphemer’s Banquet : Part the First (excerpt)
The Blasphemer’s Banquet is a film poem, it’s here excerpted from the Bloodaxe edition of Shadow of Hiroshima and other film poems, 1995. “When I see bigots wanting Rushdie dead burning a book I’m sure they’ve never read, marble bust or not, Voltaire’s got stored a much more critical book in his old head. I…
Chris Murray 