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Fri 05 May 2009Churches not consulted about blasphemy law proposal
THE MAIN churches were not consulted about the proposal to define the offence of blasphemous libel in the Defamation Act, The Irish Timeshas learned.
Spokesmen for the Catholic bishops, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and for the imam of the Islamic mosque in Clonskeagh said that the proposal had not been discussed with them. They said they needed to consider it before commenting further.
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