There have been several episodes in recent years in which perceptions of blasphemy have led to threats of violence or actual killings, starting with the publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses more than two decades ago, and including the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. In the Netherlands, Theo Van Gogh was murdered on an Amsterdam sidewalk in retaliation for his film Submission, which criticized Islam’s treatment of women.
近年来，因认为渎神而引起的暴力威胁甚至杀戮发生了多起，首先是二十多年前萨尔曼·拉什迪（Salman Rushdie）的《撒旦诗篇》（The Satanic Verses）的出版，此外还包括丹麦报纸《日尔兰邮报》（Jyllands-Posten）刊登先知穆罕默德漫画事件。在荷兰，西奥·梵高（Theo Van Gogh）在阿姆斯特丹针对其批评伊斯兰教虐待妇女的电影《屈服》（Submission）的示威中被杀。