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After violent protests: New law in Denmark bans burning of the Koran

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ARCHIVE – A woman holds a copy of the Quran during a protest against the burning of the Quran by a Swedish-Danish politician in Tehran. In Denmark it will be forbidden in the future to burn the Koran or other religious writings. Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP/dpa

The “inappropriate treatment” of writings with “significant religious significance for recognized religious communities” should therefore be punishable by up to two years in prison. It will also be a punishable offense to, for example, burn the Bible or the Torah in public or to step on it.

Burnings of the Koran in Denmark and Sweden in the summer sparked angry reactions and sometimes violent protests in Muslim countries; there were also diplomatic problems for the Scandinavian states. Against this background, the Danish government presented a bill in September that would ban the inappropriate treatment of religious objects. The new legal text only refers to writings with an essential religious meaning.

After an hour-long debate in the Danish parliament, 94 parliamentarians voted in favor and 77 against the law. The opposition accuses the government of using the so-called Koran law to restrict freedom of expression and bend to the will of Islamic regimes. (SDA)

Source: Blick

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