Is blasphemy illegal in Malta?
Criminal offense
Malta repealed its blasphemy laws in 2016.
Malta 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
- Italy
- Fines / civil penalties Italy punishes public blasphemy with fines rather than imprisonment.
- Montenegro
- Criminal offense Montenegro prohibits blasphemy through its criminal code with prison sentences.
- Greece
- Criminal offense Greece repealed its blasphemy laws in 2019, ending criminal penalties for blasphemy.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Algeria's blasphemy laws carry up to 5 years imprisonment and fines, enforced through retaliatory legislation rather than Sharia.
- Austria
- Criminal offense Austria criminalizes blasphemy with fines or up to six months imprisonment, upheld by the European Court of Human Rights.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Switzerland criminalizes public insult or mockery of religious convictions with monetary penalties.
Other laws in Malta
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- Banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.