Is blasphemy illegal in Tanzania?
Criminal offense
Tanzania criminalizes acts of sacrilege and wounding religious feelings with imprisonment up to 2 years.
Tanzania 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
- Sudan
- Criminal offense Sudan criminalizes insulting religion with imprisonment, fines, and lashes under Section 125.
- Seychelles
- Criminal offense Seychelles criminalizes wounding religious feelings with up to one year imprisonment.
- South Africa
- Criminal offense South Africa has common law blasphemy offense, though rarely prosecuted since the 20th century.
- Yemen
- Death penalty possible Blasphemy in Yemen can carry the death penalty under Islamic law, with some interpretations prescribing death for such offenses.
- Nigeria
- Criminal offense Nigeria criminalizes blasphemy under its Criminal Code and Sharia law in some states.
- Saudi Arabia
- Death penalty possible Saudi Arabia prescribes death penalty for blasphemy under Sharia law.
Other laws in Tanzania
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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.