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    Man arrested after live video of Quran being burned in Manchester
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    Man arrested after live video of Quran being burned in Manchester

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    1. No_Aesthetic on

      I really don’t think people should be arrested for destroying their own personal property

    2. modsarescourge-3468 on

      Can’t see anything wrong with it personally, aside starting fires and in / a public space which is of course the bigger issue.

    4. Alaea on

      Ah good ‘ole blasphemy laws. Nothing makes you feel more enriched than carefully tailoring every aspect of your public life to avoid offending people who think the peak of humanity are 7th century desert slaver tribes.

    6. GhostMotley on

      Ask yourself, if this guy had burned a bible, would he have been arrested?

      The UK effectively has blasphemy laws via the backdoor.

      > “We made a swift arrest at the time and recognise the right people have for freedom of expression, but when this crosses into intimidation to cause **harm or distress** we will always look to take action when it is reported to us.”

      The entire point of protest is it can cause harm & distress, criticising and mocking someone’s religion or burning their holy book might cause them ‘harm & distress’ but tough, this is how a liberal society should function, we are meant to have moved passed the dark ages.

      If people want to live in a country with strict religious blasphemy laws, they should leave the UK.

    8. MrSpaceCool on

      Fuck off I can burn any books I want as long as those books belong to me, regardless religious or not

    9. OkMarket7141 on

      Yeah there’s a few people who are going to want to do something in retaliation for this. Hopefully no one innocent gets hurt because of it – (edit) including this man, in case anyone else wants to jump to conclusions. 

    10. ParaSiddha on

      If they arrested him for arson it’s fine.

      It’s just a book lots of people like reading, that shouldn’t change the outcome.

      Print another one and be done.

    11. what_a_r on

      What colour is the race of islam please?
      Which geographical specific location this race originated from?

      This is UK simply implementing blasphemy, against one ideology only. No bible burning would result in arrest, as no book burning ever should.

      The police and politicians simply gave up because if the “diverse community” starts rioting or selectively behead them, there’s not enough forces to stop them.

    12. ImpressiveSmoke365 on

      Would he have been arrested for burning a Christian Bible? Of course not. Claims of a two tier society given weight and evidence yet again.

    13. nickcotton1962 on

      He should have just laid into the police officers, broke one of their noses and he could have just gone home after

    14. kuindoo on

      He did it to prove that followers of that religion get special treatment and many commenters on this thread have helped him do so. If no one cared and he was able to mock/put down religion, this wouldn’t have even been reported on here

    17. Sad_Veterinarian4356 on

      Wouldn’t do it myself but that’s a ridiculous charge, that should be legal under the law to do

    18. AltoCumulus15 on

      Didn’t realise blasphemy laws were a thing in this country. He better watch he doesn’t get shot like that guy in Sweden.

    20. aj_ramone on

      “Authoritarian government arrest man for protesting authoritarian religious invasion”.

      Fixed the title.

    22. FunIcy6154 on

      Blasphemy laws are ridiculous. It is any moral humans obligation to fight the spread of Islamic cancer across the world.

      Know Islam, No peace.

    23. ampy187 on

      Arrested for what, if it’s his property he can do what he likes, we don’t have blasphemy laws for 200 years, Labour is going to turn back that progress

    24. CrispoClumbo on

      Fucks sake, religion needs to get the in bin. This is a book about a 50yr old man who married a 6yr old. 

    25. Namcheon93 on

      The victimized small minority, the indignant large minority, the oppressive majority. The religion that looks down at others and oppresses them when in power. A sense of superiority over non believers. I have seen it even from the guys at work who are on the moderate side and otherwise nice people. No other religion gets the special treatment this one does in the UK.

    26. AdamHunter91 on

      If he burned a Bible the police would ignore him and the Guardian would write a piece calling him stunning and brave.