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  Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934 is a British law that made it an offence to seduce a servicemen from his "duty or his allegiance", thus expanding the ambit of the law.
The Act was widely criticized as being an unnecessary restriction on freedom of speech.
[the] most powerful incitement to disaffection was made in the 1987 election campaign by the Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, who announced that service chiefs should consider resigning in protest if the Labour party were elected and sought to implement its non-nuclear policy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Incitement_to_Disaffection_Act   (170 words)

  
 WPJ Spring 2004 - Castro and Latin America: A Second Wind? by Daniel P. Erikson
Incitement does not necessarily induce people to act against their own beliefs; when hate speech incites, it does so because the listener is receptive to such speech.
Incitement is codified in the statutes of the international tribunals, as well as in the Genocide Convention, as “direct and public incitement to genocide.” The authors of the convention did not explain what they meant by “direct,” so that task has been left to the courts.
Incitement to genocide, like genocide itself, is typically perpetrated by the state or by its allies, and is intended to increase the power of the state.
www.worldpolicy.org /journal/articles/wpj04-2/Benesch.html   (3790 words)

  
 incitement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Incitement to distribute or show indecent photographs of children is a common law offence — this means that its basis is in ‘common law' rather than in statute.
The prosecution is these incitement cases has placed heavy reliance on the 2001 case of R v Goldman which dealt with the ordering of child pornography videos from an overseas supplier.
In fact the prosecution's own experts in these incitement cases have confirmed that the user ID appears on screen during the Landslide registration process — this fact strengthens the possibility of identity theft explaining presence on the Landslide database since it would not be necessary for a subscriber to receive the user ID by e-mail.
www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk /incitement.htm   (1388 words)

  
 Palestinian Authority - Abu Mazen
Incitement can be used on the everyday, superficial level to serve immediate goals (e.g., the written and broadcast media, sermons in mosques and street graffiti) and on the underlying, long-term level (the educational system from kindergarten to university).
For that reason, the cessation of incitement or at least a significant decrease in its everyday use is a condition for the cessation of terrorism and for progress in political negotiations, and an important indication of the PA's intentions for the Abu Mazen era.
Stop the incitement coming from the mosques and increase PA supervision of the preachers, especially those affiliated with Hamas (as was done in the past by the Palestinian Preventive Security).
www.intelligence.org.il /eng/sib/2_05/abu_mazen.htm   (2003 words)

  
 MOFA ::::: Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Israeli anti-Palestinian incitement didn’t stop during Oslo period and the word “incitement” became extensively used in the Israeli lexicon after the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada.
“Incitement” has become the most sweeping term in the Israeli media, either by accusing the PNA of incitement, or inciting against the PNA and the Palestinian People, in general.
For the scope of the research, the word incitement is defined as “any usage by Israeli official and/or non-official institutions and individuals whether in the political or social spheres of fierce language and/or carrying out actions against the Palestinian people and its leadership with the objective of inflaming the Israeli and the international public opinions.
www.mopic.gov.ps /articals/Israeli_Incitement_Against.asp   (1553 words)

  
 House of Lords - Religious Offences in England and Wales - First Report
It follows from Chapter 6 that incitement to commit a recognised crime is in itself an offence; but hatred as such is not a crime, whether it is racial, religious or any other form of hatred[109].
It may be that witnesses who support a law criminalising incitement only to religious hatred are correct in seeing the present deliberations as a partial solution[114]: they hope for wider legislation on equality as well as this small extension of the criminal law.
Under a new law about incitement to religious hatred, it is inevitable that the defence would seek to persuade the jury that the words in the publication, poster etc. were not sufficiently serious to override the right to freedom of expression.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200203/ldselect/ldrelof/95/9510.htm   (3169 words)

  
 Incitement, Antisemitism and Hatred of Israel in Palestinian School Textbooks
Thus, Palestinian youth are educated from birth in an atmosphere of religious and nationalist incitement, with no trace of anything positive regarding Israel, which results in a deepening of their hatred towards Israel, a fanning of the flames of violence and encouragement and justification of terrorism against the State of Israel and against Jews.
It is only in the past academic year that the Palestinian Ministry of Education has added textbooks to the curriculum that were specially written for the 1st and 6th grades and this year, according to reports, for the 2nd and 7th grades as well.
The Jordanian textbooks, intended for all students in high schools and most of the classes in the elementary schools, abound in expressions of incitement and hatred that were reintroduced when the educational system was transferred from Israeli to Palestinian responsibility.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Peace/patext1.html   (1316 words)

  
 Incitement quotes & quotations
incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur; so many immediate evils are”
incitements be requisite, if it be considered how much happiness is gained, and how much misery escaped, by frequent and violent agitation of the body”
incitements of hope, in proportion as we extinguish the terrors of the law, we should awaken and strengthen the control of the conscience.
en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/incitement   (239 words)

  
 Middle East Transparent – Criminalize Incitement, Establish the Criminal Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Those who have long been advocating for the need to criminalize incitement and to engage in the war of ideas to counter hate-mongering, bigotry and deceit, should still hold their breath, for talk is cheap, and the evil is in the details.
This is important, indeed, as the latter remains by far the main source of incitement in the world we live in today.
In addition to traditional mosques with their Friday incendiary sermons against infidels, there are the so-called religious schools, with their number ranging from 7000 schools in Egypt to roughly double that number in Pakistan.
www.metransparent.com /texts/abu_khawla_criminalize_incitement.htm   (772 words)

  
 special presidential decree on incitement on 19 November 1998
The major negative aspect of the decree was its ambiguous use of language and its lack of definition of the term “incitement”.
There are laws concerning incitement in many parts of the world, although these laws are not singled out by the legislator and generally form part of a state’s penal law.
An example is provided by a number of offences relating to public order: incitement to riot or mutiny in the armed forces, incitement to the stirring up of disputes between religions and races, incitement to civil war and incitement to spreading of false news.
www.phrmg.org /monitor1999/nov99-incitement.htm   (1247 words)

  
 The Prism Group
While the Road Map refers to the education issue obliquely - calling on the parties to “end incitement” against each other - Western democratic norms accept that teaching children to respect their neighbours and their neighbours’ beliefs is essential for creating an environment where peace will survive.
Primarily restricting his study to materials printed up to the year 2000, he challenged the view that textbooks and the school curriculum systematically teach Palestinian children to hate Israel and the Jews, and that ‘incitement’ is a major cause of the current uprising against Israeli occupation.
It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.”[53] Once incitement, the main ballast of hatred, is removed, the concept of sanctuary and safety can exist for all.
www.theprismgroup.org /education.htm   (5343 words)

  
 Incitement to religious hatred: Growing disagreement between Christians - news from ekklesia
The Government plans to extend the existing offence of 'incitement to racial hatred' to cover also 'religious hatred', through an amendment to the Public Order Act 1986 by way of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill which is now before Parliament.
The organisations have for some time been urging the Government to legislate against incitement to hatred on grounds of religious identity and in April 2004 a number of faith leaders signed a statement to this effect.
We welcome the Government's intention to extend the existing offence of 'incitement to racial hatred' to cover also 'religious hatred', through an amendment to the Public Order Act 1986 by way of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill which is now before Parliament.
www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_050118hatred.shtml   (1790 words)

  
 Media bias and incitement ,one year Al Aqsa Intifada
Incitement can therefore also refer to calls issued by religious or political leaders, etc, although this fact sheet will only deal with incitement in the media.
In addition, incitement can also be indirect, such as in the praising of a crime already committed.
But the prohibition of incitement constitutes a limitation to the fundamental right to freedom of expression and hence must be narrowly defined.
www.phrmg.org /monitor2001/oct2001-media.htm   (1480 words)

  
 Publisher Liability: Incitement and Negligent Publication
The author and/or the publisher under certain circumstances, either individually or jointly, could be found liable for "incitement" or "negligent publication" if a reader of their publication is seriously injured, dies or suffers damage to their personal property after acting upon or using the content contained in the publication.
An important distinction between the author and publisher in measuring their respective risk of liability is that publishers have frequently been excused from liability for the content contained in their publication if the content comes from a third party, such as an author.
However, even though it is rare to find a publisher liable for incitement or negligent publication, there have been a number of instances where publishers have been found liable for injuries resulting from the content contained in their publications.
www.publaw.com /negligent.html   (1167 words)

  
 Ending the Incitement
One is the cessation of poisonous propaganda and continuing incitement in the Palestinian television and media.
Palestinian cultural incitement is a prime focus of the HonestReporting documentary film Relentless, which was cited yesterday (Nov. 24) in the Wall Street Journal for 'chillingly show[ing] children on a Palestinian TV show expressing their desire to be suicide bombers, urged on by the host ― who blew herself up in Jerusalem.'
The ongoing incitement in Palestinian media, and the education to violence and denial of Israel in Palestinian schools, is one of the darkest aspects of Yassir Arafat's legacy, undermining any potential progress toward long-term co-existence.
www.honestreporting.com /articles/45884734/critiques/Ending_the_Incitement.asp   (873 words)

  
 bitterlemons.org - Unstable governments
Incitement against Israel and Jews in the Palestinian media and educational system is one of a number of serious issues that divide the two sides and fuel hostility.
Yet PM Sharon doesn't mention incitement when he lays out the conditions that must be satisfied in order for Israel to agree to renew peace negotiations with Syria.
Every time the issue of incitement is raised Palestinians have extended an invitation to any neutral specialized agency to thoroughly and systematically investigate the way the official media and educational systems of Israel and Palestine portray the other.
www.bitterlemons.org /previous/bl291104ed43.html   (2967 words)

  
 MINISTRY OF CABINET AFFAIRS
ISRAELI INCITEMENT AGAINST PALESTINIANS
  (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Though the Israeli anti-Palestinian incitement didn’t stop during Oslo period, “incitement” strongly returned to the Israeli lexicon after the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada.
Statements like this constitute a racist and outrageous incitement and an explicit call to “kill prisoners”, presumed to be protected under international laws and conventions.
The fierce Israeli incitement reached the climax when the extreme Israeli rightwing newspaper “Makor Rishon” published an advertisement calling upon all Israeli soldiers or civilians to save no effort to kill Arafat.
www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=3&id=302   (727 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
The new measure, which is to "go out fairly shortly", would prohibit "incitement" to "armed insurrection", including attacks on the U.S. and British troops, an administration spokesman said.
If someone said attack our forces and drive the coalition out of their province, we would consider that to be incitement," the spokesman argued.
In their drafted resolution to the U.N. Security Council to lift the long-running international sanctions imposed on Iraq, Washington and London assumed their responsibility as "the occupation power".
www.islam-online.net /English/News/2003-06/05/article11.shtml   (643 words)

  
 israelinsider: Views: The incitement yardstick
If media incitement were merely the tactical use of hate language by PA leaders to provoke violent behavior against Israel, then even a limited reduction would indeed be significant.
It is not insignificant - nor is it mere "incitement" - that PA educators chose for first place this powerful hate message to children.
We can delude ourselves that this is merely temporary incitement - or we can face the harsh reality that such indoctrination has convinced a significant portion of Palestinian society that murdering Jews is an act of worship.
web.israelinsider.com /views/4633.htm   (1043 words)

  
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But the government is in no position to guarantee this claim since the definition of incitement of religious hatred is, as I mentioned above, impossible to define in a clear and narrow way such that it cannot be abused to prosecute actions which the government never intended it to cover.
With laws on the incitement of religious hatred, Muslim fundamentalists will have an even bigger weapon with which to intimidate and silence their more moderate co-religionists.
There are already enough laws in the UK which cover incitement to violence and other criminal acts, conspiring to commit violence, religious discrimination and slander.
www.opendoorsuk.org /downloads/religious_hatred_bill_letter.txt   (1080 words)

  
 EUPolitix.com - EU to crackdown on 'indirect incitement' to terrorism
The EU is to propose bans on indirect incitement, glorification or apology for terrorism following bomb attacks in London.
Offences covering indirect incitement or “apologie du terrorisme” already exist in some EU countries – and are set to be proposed in the UK.
European moves to outlaw ‘indirect incitement’ are likely to find support from the British EU presidency.
www.eupolitix.com /EN/News/200507/0c7fb0f8-7429-44cd-985f-525621017e3a.htm   (522 words)

  
 AIJAC - Palestinian Media and Incitement
Here is yet more material on ongoing incitement in the Palestinian media, especially that directed at children.
Statements to this effect were made both Israeli FM Shimon Peres, in his address to the American Jewish Committee on May 2, and by the chief American negotiator for the Middle East, Ambassador Dennis Ross, during his address in Melbourne, on May 8.
The official textbooks of the Palestinian Authority are filled to overflowing with incitement and hatred for Jews, as are the Palestinian media, both the official stations and the ostensibly private ones.
www.aijac.org.au /updates/May-01/160501.html   (1437 words)

  
 Oliver Kamm: Violence and its legitimation
But it may still, in certain contexts implied by Johann’s question, constitute incitement to crime, and there is every good reason for a liberal society that is the target of religious extremists indoctrinated into terrorism to interpret incitement in precisely the broad way that Ms Chakrabarti fears.
Neither is direct incitement: both might have that effect, and the authors of those sentiments ought to feel under the contingent threat of prosecution depending on where they speak and write.
If the government is seriously going to press for expansive legislation cracking down on incitement to terrorism, then it should strive manfully to resist the temptation to be cautious.
oliverkamm.typepad.com /blog/2005/08/violence_and_it.html   (1432 words)

  
 "The Kingdom of Incitement" by Dore Gold
The intention might be to spread their message of intolerance globally, but they allow outsiders a rare glimpse of the messages conveyed to Saudi youth over the last few years.
Despite its protests that it no longer is in contact with "suspected groups," the Saudis openly hosted one of the heads of Hamas as late as October 2002 and reassured him of continuing aid.
Second, the incitement of an entire generation of Saudis that delegitimizes other religious groups must come to an end.
www.jcpa.org /art/wsj-dg14apr03.htm   (933 words)

  
 The Incitement Yardstick
Media incitement is a tool used by Palestinian leaders to provoke violent attitudes and behavior toward Israel.
While even a limited reduction in incitement would be welcome, it hardly begins to address the depth of the problem.
We can delude ourselves that this is merely temporary incitement -- or we can face the harsh reality that such indoctrination has convinced a significant portion of Palestinian society that murdering Jews is an act of worship.
www.aish.com /jewishissues/middleeast/The_Incitement_Yardstick.asp   (1075 words)

  
 Miriam Gur-Arye, Can Freedom Of Expression Survive Social Trauma: The Israeli Experience, 13 Duke J. of Comp. & Int'l ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
In reaction an offense of incitement to violence was enacted as an amendment to the Penal Law.
Furthermore, bearing in mind that, according to Kremnitzer and Ghanayim, incitement of a specific, defined group constitutes instigation, it is not at all clear that their description is appropriate even to the majority of cases.
[t]he rationale for adopting the position that public incitement is separate from the notion of instigation centers both upon the independence of public instigation from the perpetration of an offence, and the concept of the social value protected thereby.
www.law.duke.edu /journals/djcil/articles/djcil13p155.htm   (16161 words)

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