• Saxoboneless@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I don’t understand the replies here - this bill was drafted in response to multiple events where ethno-nationalists burned the Qur’an in front of audiences with the implicit intent to incite violence against Denmark’s Muslim minority population. If you read the article, the bill bans the only the public burning of any religious book, not just the Qur’an. This bill would not “limit freedom of speech,” it would limit a form of hate speech and arguably stochastic terrorism being employed by the far right in Denmark. I do not see a problem with this bill.

    • Newguy@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I agree. It’s for the security of their democracy. Funny thing a Muslim was allowed to burn a Torah and a Holy Bible and those same people were upset. Tit for tat, now it’s against the law.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Hate speech is a form of speech. It is a vile form but it is a form. Ideas that are noble and gentle don’t need to be protected, ideas that are offensive do.