Its parliament Denmark adopted today a law which criminalizes the “inappropriate treatment” of texts of great religious significance, de facto forbidding the burning of copies of the Koran after the repeated desecration of Islam’s holy book led to tensions in several Muslim countries over the summer.
At the end of a debate that lasted almost four hours, the text was adopted in the third reading by 94 of the 179 members of the parliament. Specifically, the burning, desecration or trampling of religious texts in public will henceforth be prohibited or with the intention of widely publishing the photographs of the desecration. Tearing, cutting or stabbing them will also be prohibited. Each offender faces up to two years in prison.
For the Danish government, whose representatives did not speak at the parliamentary debate, the aim is primarily to protect the Nordic country’s interests and national security.
Denmark and its neighbor Sweden have recently crystallized the wrath of Muslim countries. In the Iraq for example, hundreds of supporters of the highly influential religious leader Moqtada Sadr attempted in late July to march on the Danish embassy in Baghdad. Following the unrest, the northern European kingdom temporarily tightened its border controls, before the situation returned to normal on August 22.
Source: News Beast
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