US EditionDenmark's parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
- Denmark's parliament has passed a law banning the "inappropriate treatment" of religious texts, including the Quran, in response to protests and burnings.
- The law, which criminalizes the public burning, tearing, or defiling of holy texts, was approved with 94 votes in favor and 77 opposed. Offenders face fines or up to two years in prison.
- The neighboring country of Sweden is also considering a similar bill due to Quran burnings and a worsening security situation. Both Denmark and Sweden have abolished blasphemy laws.
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Denmark Bans Desecrating Copies of Holy Books
Deutsche Welle reports on today's actions: The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that would effectively prohibit Quran burnings in the northern European country. The law criminalizes the "inappropriate treatment of writings with significant importance for a recognized religious community." The bill was passed with 94 votes in favor by the 179-member Danish parliament, also known as the Folketing. Seventy-seven votes were cast ag…
Denmark adopts law making it illegal to burn Koran or other religious texts
A new law was passed in Denmark's parliament on Thursday that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country, after a recent string of public desecrations of the Koran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries. The Scandinavian nation has been viewed…
Denmark Parliament passes law criminalizing burning of Quran
The Danish Parliament adopted legislation Thursday making it illegal to burn the Holy Quran and other sacred religious books in public spaces. The move comes in the wake of an upward trend of incidents involving the burning of religious texts, and in particular, the Holy Quran, which is the religious text central to the Islamic faith, in Denmark. The Danish government previously announced its intention to explore legal means of intervening to pu…
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The Danish parliament has approved the law that will ban people from burning religious texts in the country. In the first months of the year, several copies of
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