The Danish Man Who Burned a Quran Doesnt Deserve To Be Punished for Blasphemy
February 24, 2017
by Hemant Mehta
A man who burned a Qur’an and posted video of his actions on a Facebook page has been charged with blasphemy in the theocratic nation of…. Denmark.
Even when a newspaper posted cartoons featuring Muhammad more than a decade ago, sparking violent riots by radical Muslims, no one was prosecuted for blasphemy. But one prosecutor is trying to make an example of “John Salvesen” after his four-minute video was posted back in December of 2015. (Not a typo.)
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this whole story is learning that Denmark actually has a blasphemy law.
Denmark is one of only five countries in the European Union that has a blasphemy law on the books. Some say the case could lead to a rallying cry to abandon such laws once and for all.
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