First Verdict Issued Under New Quran Law in Denmark

First verdict issued under new Quran law in Denmark

COPENHAGEN — Two men were convicted for the first time under the so-called Quran law in Denmark on Friday. The far-right provocateur Rasmus Paludan and an accomplice were sentenced to fines by the district court of the Baltic Sea island…

The court on Bornholm follows the demand from the prosecution in the case about the Koran at the People's Assembly.

Danish Court Issues First Conviction Under New ‘Quran Law’

A Danish court on Friday for the first time meted out a verdict in the first criminal case using the country’s new law prohibiting “improper treatment of a religious text.” The court sentenced Islamism critic Rasmus Paludan and one of his associates to each pay a fine of DKK10,000 (just over €1,300) for destroying copies of the Quran at Folkemødet, a civic festival aimed at fostering open debate, in Allinge, Bornholm, last summer.In the tent of …

The court on Bornholm follows the demands of the prosecution in the case of the Koran at the People's Assembly. It fell into a puddle.