US Edition27-Year-Old Man Receives One Year in Prison for Burning Quran in Lyon
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A 27-year-old man, who has been in psychiatric detention for a long time, was sentenced on Wednesday 30 July to one year in prison by the Lyon Correctional Court, says BFMTV. Three months have been added to this nine-month sentence, linked to a probationary stay against him in a previous case.He had burned a Qur'an in front of a mosque in Villeurbanne (Rhône), shortly before the first morning prayer, on the night of 1 to 2 June.He had been arres…
Quran Burning in France Punished with One Year in Prison
On the night of June 2nd, Lionel M., aged 27, stole a Quran and burned it in front of the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon. He has now been sentenced to twelve months in prison and banned from entering the municipality of Villeurbanne for two years, to the satisfaction of the local Muslim community. Back in June, Lionel M. was quickly identified thanks to surveillance cameras installed near the mosque. He was charged with “…
A man was sentenced on Wednesday July 30 to a year in prison by the correctional court of Lyon for stealing and then burning a Qur'an in front of the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne (Rhône) in early June. Is burning a holy book criminally reprehensible in France? Does the current context of the rise of anti-Islam violence explain the severity of the sentence? Interview with Jean-Baptiste Thierry, professor of private law and criminal science at t…
The man who burned a Koran in front of a mosque in Villeurbanne near Lyon (Rhône), last June, was sentenced to one year in prison.
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