Is blasphemy illegal in Poland?
Criminal offense
Poland criminalizes insulting religious feelings with fines or imprisonment up to 2 years.
Poland 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
- Germany
- Criminal offense Germany criminalizes religious defamation that disturbs public peace, as seen in the 2006 toilet paper case.
- Austria
- Criminal offense Austria criminalizes blasphemy with fines or up to six months imprisonment, upheld by the European Court of Human Rights.
- Romania
- No blasphemy law Romania has no active blasphemy law, though some artworks have been fined for perceived blasphemy.
- Denmark
- No blasphemy law Denmark repealed its blasphemy law in 2017, though it was reinstated in 2023.
- Netherlands
- No blasphemy law Netherlands abolished its blasphemy law in the 1960s.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Switzerland criminalizes public insult or mockery of religious convictions with monetary penalties.
Other laws in Poland
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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