Can I expect similar protections for The Satanic Verses, or is this another instance of religion being afforded a special status with the power to control non-adherents lives?
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The Danish parliament has voted to ban the burning of religious scriptures after a series of Qur’an desecrations in the country and neighbouring Sweden.
After months of intensive debate, a bill making it illegal to burn, soil, trample on or cut recognised religious scriptures including the Qur’an, the Bible or the Torah was passed with 94 votes in favour and 77 against.
Over the summer copies of the Qur’an were burned or otherwise damaged during a series of protests in Denmark and Sweden, prompting international uproar.
And that’s nothing to be proud of,” Steffen Larsen, legal representative for the Liberal Alliance, told the Danish broadcaster DR.
“History will judge us harshly for this, and with good reason,” said Inger Støjberg, the leader of Denmark Democrats, a rightwing populist party that was against the bill.
Sweden has also said it is looking into ways to prevent desecrations of the Qur’an and other religious books, though it has ruled out changing its far-ranging freedom of expression laws.
I think intent plays a role here. If the goal is to incite a reaction or to hurt a population by publicly burning something that they care about, it’s probably not a great to do
One of those things where you know when you see it, but it’s hard to define explicitly.
If anything, it might help as a temporary measure to reduce tensions and inflammatory incidents
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Can I expect similar protections for The Satanic Verses, or is this another instance of religion being afforded a special status with the power to control non-adherents lives?
I always get the two mixed up.
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The Danish parliament has voted to ban the burning of religious scriptures after a series of Qur’an desecrations in the country and neighbouring Sweden.
After months of intensive debate, a bill making it illegal to burn, soil, trample on or cut recognised religious scriptures including the Qur’an, the Bible or the Torah was passed with 94 votes in favour and 77 against.
Over the summer copies of the Qur’an were burned or otherwise damaged during a series of protests in Denmark and Sweden, prompting international uproar.
And that’s nothing to be proud of,” Steffen Larsen, legal representative for the Liberal Alliance, told the Danish broadcaster DR.
“History will judge us harshly for this, and with good reason,” said Inger Støjberg, the leader of Denmark Democrats, a rightwing populist party that was against the bill.
Sweden has also said it is looking into ways to prevent desecrations of the Qur’an and other religious books, though it has ruled out changing its far-ranging freedom of expression laws.
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The problem is, as usual, Flying Spaghetti Monster showing that it’s hard to define what is a religion, therefore abuse
I think intent plays a role here. If the goal is to incite a reaction or to hurt a population by publicly burning something that they care about, it’s probably not a great to do
One of those things where you know when you see it, but it’s hard to define explicitly.
If anything, it might help as a temporary measure to reduce tensions and inflammatory incidents
I guess it’s now more clearly defined to reference to religion recognized by Danish administrations.
Didn’t they get legal recognition in like Germany or something? Maybe Denmark is next
Hard to say. I doubt it though.
As insincere/foolish as our politicians can be, they do seem to take that part somewhat serious.
Like, Scientology isn’t recognized as a religion and such. The list of religions outside of the abrahamic ones is surprisingly short.
It was in Austria, I think. You’re thinking of the colander-head ID photo?
The scope of the bill seems too broad. This will give political ammo to the right-wing populists, who are already riding the wave of anti-immigration.