Nov 14, 2020 03:31 AM
(This post was last modified: Nov 14, 2020 03:37 AM by C C.)
Belgium expels Danish right-wing activists over plot to burn Koran (recently)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54919127
INTRO: Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Koran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels. Secretary of State for Asylum Sammy Mahdi called them "a serious threat to public order". According to their Facebook page, the five are associates of the Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan. Paludan was expelled from France on Wednesday after signalling his intention to burn a Koran in Paris. Earlier this year, he was jailed for a month in Denmark for a string of offences including posting anti-Islam videos on the social media channels of his Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party... (MORE)
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Christians slam Malaysia's failure to prosecute Bible burning advocate
https://www.ucanews.com/news/christians-...cate/72141
INTRO: Malaysia's main Christian group expressed outrage on Thursday over government inaction to prosecute Islamist Ibrahim Ali for his threat to burn Bibles, saying it gave carte blanche to extremists to threaten Christianity and other religions...
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Why Is It Legal To Burn A Holy Book In The United States?
https://www.rferl.org/a/Why_Is_It_Legal_...53414.html
EXCERPT: From the White House to top military commanders in Afghanistan, U.S. officials have condemned plans by a Christian pastor in Florida to burn copies of the Holy Koran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [...] Nevertheless, the U.S. government appears to have few legal tools to stop Jones from carrying out his threat... (MORE)
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(STATUS: TRUE) Protesters In Portland, Oregon, burned American flags and Bibles during anti-racism protests in the summer of 2020.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portla...rn-bibles/
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Arizona man arrested for burning, urinating on Bible
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-c...KI20140829
EXCERPT: A 22-year-old Arizona man [...] has been arrested for allegedly burning a Bible and urinating on it outside a Christian-oriented homeless shelter in northern Arizona, police said on Friday. ... He told officers the mission was selected because he believed it was a place of Christian worship and he was “cursing the Christians,” police said. ... Asked why, officers reported that he said because he was the “Dark Lord.” Minerault was clad in black and was wearing a black-and-red robe and a pentagram necklace. He remained at the detention center on Friday afternoon on the misdemeanor charge, sheriff’s officials said.
Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, said the arrest raises questions as to whether Minerault’s First Amendment freedom of speech rights were violated. But Pochoda, who was not familiar with the charge cited, said courts have upheld laws that bar symbols like crosses from being burned... (MORE - details)
Arguably, since the Dark Lord was cursing the Christians, that could be considered a threat (even if an impotent supernatural one). The Bible then also has to qualify as a religious symbol. See below:
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Most cross burnings ruled illegal -- no 1st Amendment right to intimidate, Supreme Court says
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Most...656655.php
EXCERPT: . . . The 50-year-old Virginia law makes it a crime to burn a cross on someone else's property, or in a public place, with the intent to intimidate any person or group. Thirteen other states have similar laws, including California, which prohibits burning or desecrating a cross or other religious symbol on another person's property, without permission, for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant... (MORE - details)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54919127
INTRO: Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Koran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels. Secretary of State for Asylum Sammy Mahdi called them "a serious threat to public order". According to their Facebook page, the five are associates of the Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan. Paludan was expelled from France on Wednesday after signalling his intention to burn a Koran in Paris. Earlier this year, he was jailed for a month in Denmark for a string of offences including posting anti-Islam videos on the social media channels of his Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party... (MORE)
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Christians slam Malaysia's failure to prosecute Bible burning advocate
https://www.ucanews.com/news/christians-...cate/72141
INTRO: Malaysia's main Christian group expressed outrage on Thursday over government inaction to prosecute Islamist Ibrahim Ali for his threat to burn Bibles, saying it gave carte blanche to extremists to threaten Christianity and other religions...
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Why Is It Legal To Burn A Holy Book In The United States?
https://www.rferl.org/a/Why_Is_It_Legal_...53414.html
EXCERPT: From the White House to top military commanders in Afghanistan, U.S. officials have condemned plans by a Christian pastor in Florida to burn copies of the Holy Koran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [...] Nevertheless, the U.S. government appears to have few legal tools to stop Jones from carrying out his threat... (MORE)
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(STATUS: TRUE) Protesters In Portland, Oregon, burned American flags and Bibles during anti-racism protests in the summer of 2020.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portla...rn-bibles/
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Arizona man arrested for burning, urinating on Bible
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-c...KI20140829
EXCERPT: A 22-year-old Arizona man [...] has been arrested for allegedly burning a Bible and urinating on it outside a Christian-oriented homeless shelter in northern Arizona, police said on Friday. ... He told officers the mission was selected because he believed it was a place of Christian worship and he was “cursing the Christians,” police said. ... Asked why, officers reported that he said because he was the “Dark Lord.” Minerault was clad in black and was wearing a black-and-red robe and a pentagram necklace. He remained at the detention center on Friday afternoon on the misdemeanor charge, sheriff’s officials said.
Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, said the arrest raises questions as to whether Minerault’s First Amendment freedom of speech rights were violated. But Pochoda, who was not familiar with the charge cited, said courts have upheld laws that bar symbols like crosses from being burned... (MORE - details)
Arguably, since the Dark Lord was cursing the Christians, that could be considered a threat (even if an impotent supernatural one). The Bible then also has to qualify as a religious symbol. See below:
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Most cross burnings ruled illegal -- no 1st Amendment right to intimidate, Supreme Court says
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Most...656655.php
EXCERPT: . . . The 50-year-old Virginia law makes it a crime to burn a cross on someone else's property, or in a public place, with the intent to intimidate any person or group. Thirteen other states have similar laws, including California, which prohibits burning or desecrating a cross or other religious symbol on another person's property, without permission, for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant... (MORE - details)