The State Department's 2023 report on Tanzania records that the national penal code contains blasphemy provisions prohibiting insulting religion or wounding religious feelings, punishable by up to one year of imprisonment for the misdemeanor offense, and separately documents the March 2023 suspension of the Dar es Salaam based Spirit World Ministry Church by the Registrar of Societies.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/tanzania/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about a country's blasphemy statute, hence the top tier. Connections
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This source names Tanzania directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Tanzania records that the national penal code contains blasphemy provisions prohibiting insulting religion or wounding religious feelings, punishable by up to..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: TanzaniaUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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