Rasmus Paludan Faces Danish Court
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Rasmus Paludan Faces Danish Court for Quran Page Incident

The Danish-Swedish politician and provocateur Rasmus Paludan is in court, this time in Denmark, after having torn out pages from a Koran. It is the first time the new law is being tried in court in Denmark.

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The law on unacceptable treatment of a religious text was adopted in December 2023 after an intense debate following several Quran burnings, including in Sweden, which had sparked great outrage in Muslim countries.

The case concerns an incident last year in June when Paludan and another man allegedly mishandled a Quran incorrectly during a political event on Bornholm. The two men allegedly, among other things, ripped out pages from the religious scripture while the incident was filmed and broadcast live on the Stram Kurs party's open Facebook page, writes Ritzau.

The men deny the crime.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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