A counter-protester tried to extinguish the flame that had been lit on a Koran outside Iran’s embassy in Stockholm in August. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg, TT/NTB
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Both bans on burning a book and bans on certain garments are contrary to liberal values.
Published: 02/09/2023 12:58
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Denmark and France have each launched their own bans. None of them are examples to follow. Both are contrary to liberal values.
The Danish government will ban the burning of objects of importance to religious communities. It is the noise after the burning of the Koran that has triggered it. Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, calls this kind of “meaningless taunts”.
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2023-09-02 10:58:01
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