Palatinate, Durham University, U.K.
1 December 2009
The last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy was Thomas Aikenhead, an 18-year-old student at Edinburgh University who was altogether too vocal in his lack of respect for the scriptures as authoritative texts on history and morals. On the day of his hanging in 1697…
Link to article:
http://news.bahai.org/sites/news.bahai.org/files/documentlibrary/iu_Our_duty_to_Bahai_Iranians_1209.pdf