The burning of the Islamic holy book in Denmark has stirred outrage in Muslim-majority nations. Critics of the Quran burning law say it would undermine liberal freedoms in the Scandanavian country.
The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that would effectively prohibit Quran burnings in the northern European country.
Burning, tearing, or defiling religious texts in public could land people up to one or two years behind bars or a fine.
Destroying a holy text on video and then disseminating the footage online could also put offenders in jail.
The Danish Justice Ministry has said the law aims to combat the “systematic mockery” which raises terror threat levels in Denmark.
“History will judge us harshly for this, and with good reason,” Inger Stojberg of the right-wing anti-immigration Denmark Democrats party said in response to the bill’s passage.
The bill, backed by Denmark’s center-right coalition government, was originally introduced in August and then amended due to freedom of speech concerns.
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The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that would effectively prohibit Quran burnings in the northern European country.
Burning, tearing, or defiling religious texts in public could land people up to one or two years behind bars or a fine.
Destroying a holy text on video and then disseminating the footage online could also put offenders in jail.
The Danish Justice Ministry has said the law aims to combat the “systematic mockery” which raises terror threat levels in Denmark.
“History will judge us harshly for this, and with good reason,” Inger Stojberg of the right-wing anti-immigration Denmark Democrats party said in response to the bill’s passage.
The bill, backed by Denmark’s center-right coalition government, was originally introduced in August and then amended due to freedom of speech concerns.
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