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  Muslim just seem so petty and entitled when they act this way.
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  Sweden's prime minister has condemned as "Deeply disrespectful" the desecration of the Holy Quran in Stockholm, which has raised tensions with Turkey as the Nordic country courts Ankara over its Nato bid.
  Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Holy Quran on Saturday in front of Turkey's embassy in the Swedish capital.
  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday "No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable act of desecration of the Holy Quran by a right-wing extremist in Sweden".
  
  
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  In that decision, it says people have the right to have their religious feelings protected. What the fuck? Europe gets a lot of things right, but their speech laws need adjusting. >
  
  Germany for interest doesn’t have freedom of speech at all. Say what you will of the US, they have NEVER banned a political party >
  
  German "Constitution" (Grundgesetz) Article 5:
  Article 5
  [Freedom of expression, arts and sciences]
  (1) Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.
  Germany has freedom of speech. >
  
  Exactly, but note they reference a banned political party, and there’s only one notable party banned in Germany… >
  
  There have been two parties that were banned in the 50s. One of them a Nazi party, the other a Stalinist one and both  financed by the Soviet Union. >
  
  Seems like 2 very reasonable exceptions >
  
  When a party begins to hinder the freedom of others it becomes an issue. Very important distinction. >
  
  Especially considering that if given the choice, both parties would have banned all others if they managed to gain power. >
  
  Or a flag for that matter. 
  The people have an obligation to recognize when they're being manipulated and not take the bait. >
  
  At least a country is a real thing >
  
  it's not though >
  
  Who’s funding your foodstamps >
  
  Just like a organized religion a central governening body given imaginary power by enough people. >
  
  If a government has the power to throw you in jail or kill you, it ain't imaginary power. >
  
  What’s been in large part the problem with many Muslims’ reactions over the last few years is the demeasurate nature of their anger over relatively trivial things. 
  Many Muslims seem to be expecting non Muslims to associate the same degree of sanctity to items and concepts they hold holy, but most of the civilized world really doesn’t care about that much (caricatures, one book… etc). Hence why you often hear the argument “well no one gets killed when someone does a bad joke about Jesus”. 
  Overall, it is really only those individual Muslims’  (which is most certainly not the whole Muslim population) problem and I find it quite ridiculous when society treats them like unruly children instead of expecting the same values that every other citizen has to demonstrate and live by. >
  
  China or Myanmar oppressing Muslim minorities, which is about as legitimate a case for defensive jihad as it gets? Crickets. 
  Blasphemy? Now that’s gonna start a riot. >
  
  Because the men directing the violence are cowards. They send out impressionable young boys to do their bidding. They don’t want a real war. Just hot button issues to use as justification for their ongoing power and need for zealots. >
  
  this is true  atleast in Pakistans war against India. no real moderate Pakistani wants to take over India. many of them are friends in western nations >
  
  Can confirm. My neighbours are Pakistani and my family is Indian. We live in harmony in Canada, look out for one another, share food, and celebrate each other's festivals/holy days. 
  Most people just want to co-exist and be happy. Extremists want to drive a wedge between people to gain power, but there's so much more to life than fear and hatred. >
  
  100 pct. from Canada as well >
  
  Blasphemy should never be punished. Don't ever side with those who wish their god would come before the rule of law. Sure this move wasn't classy, but a free society should not protect this book more than any other book. >
  
  Disrespectful? Maybe. Completely legal, yes >
  
  Also justified. Considering how these assholes are treating their hosts. >
  
  They’re obviously doing this to provoke the muslims but seriously who cares? It’s just a book it’s not like they burned all the Qurans in the worlds and muslims can’t use them anymore. The muslims community should just be mature and move on like nothing happaned >
  
  I thought about this trying to see it from the Muslim perspective and going into a rage still doesn't make sense.
  Uthman, one of the most righteous Caliphs one who knew Mohammad personally ordered Qurans to be burned en mass to settle a religious dispute. Qurans must be getting destroyed at a constant rate somewhere in the world due to neglect, accident or being recycled. One mass printed copy being burned in Norway is nothing.
  I'll defend anyone's right to burn a book in protest but Its a good sign the person hasn't got anything rational to say. >
  
  I’m a Muslim. The proper way to dispose of the Quran, or any text with God’s name, is to burn it and bury the waste. Aside from this, what I don’t understand is why even give these people the pleasure of your upset emotion, because that’s EXACTLY what they want. Just condemn it and move on. >
  
  Exactly. Rage bait, and it sets back everyone of the faith in that country if they take it.
  If one side burns a book to piss people off, and the other side starts lashing out over it, both sides are dipshits that we shouldn't give attention to. One side has something to gain though, and the other something to lose, so it's on the members of the faith to try and be the better people in this instance >
  
  Rage bait is the right weird to use for it. Gonna remember that. >
  
  It feels like that's all politicians do these days. Use rage bait to divide people.