A Sri Lankan migrant worker in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death over a single Facebook comment deemed to insult the Prophet Muhammad. How far can the law punish speech that insults a religion? When respect for faith and freedom of expression collide, what standard should apply?

At least in my view, a democratic state is one where humans are the masters, not God, because of that. I think it belongs in the realm of civil disputes, not something subject to criminal punishment.

From a civil standpoint, I'm inclined to place considerable value on an individual's right to maintain their own worldview. As for how to realistically assign that a quantified value, I'm not really qualified to say.