Is blasphemy illegal in Brazil?
Criminal offense
Brazil punishes public vilification of religious acts or objects with one month to one year in prison or a fine.
Brazil is one of 40 countries classified “Criminal offense” for blasphemy — 70% of the 57 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Blasphemy law
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- El Salvador
- Criminal offense El Salvador punishes insulting religion with 1–3 years in prison, or up to 8 years for more serious cases.
- Mauritania
- Death penalty possible Moritania's Penal Code prescribes death penalty for apostasy, a form of blasphemy.
- United States
- Criminal offense Blasphemy was historically criminalized in the U.S., though the Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that censorship laws cannot punish sacrilegious content.
- Nigeria
- Criminal offense Nigeria criminalizes blasphemy under its Criminal Code and Sharia law in some states.
- Spain
- Criminal offense Spain criminalizes vilification of religious feelings, beliefs, or rituals, with recent prosecutions.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Algeria's blasphemy laws carry up to 5 years imprisonment and fines, enforced through retaliatory legislation rather than Sharia.
Other laws in Brazil
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- Partial ban
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