DENMARK TO BAN QURAN BURNINGS- JUSTICE MINISTER

Fri 25 August 2023:

The Danish government will ban public desecration of the Quran, the country’s justice minister said on Friday.

Peter Hummelgaard said the government will introduce a bill to ban the burning of religious scriptures in public places, Ekstra Bladet newspaper reported.

The move comes after a string of desecrations of Islam’s holy book in the Scandinavian nation sparked anger in Muslim countries.

Qur'an burner Salwan Momika gets beaten by a resident of Södertälje, Sweden#SalwanMomika #Sweden #quranburning pic.twitter.com/d0IIeAcbKb

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The government will present a bill that will “prohibit the inappropriate treatment of objects of significant religious importance to a religious community,” Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard told reporters.

He added that the legislation was aimed especially at burnings and desecrations in public places. Denmark along with neighboring Sweden has previously said it was considering ways of limiting the organization of demonstrations involving the burning of the Quran, while respecting freedom of expression.

Public burnings of religious scriptures must be punishable by up to two years in prison, Hummelgaard said during a news conference.

Calling Quran burnings as fundamentally mocking and unsympathetic act, the justice minister said that desecration of Islam’s holy book also damages Denmark and Danish interests.

Islamophobic figures and groups in Northern Europe have repeatedly carried out Quran burnings and similar attempts in recent months to desecrate the Muslim holy book, drawing outrage from Muslim countries and the rest of the world.

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