Clashes erupt in Swedish city Malmo after another Quran burning
Clashes erupt in Swedish city Malmo after another Quran burning
Clashes erupted in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Quran, police said Monday.
Clashes erupted in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Quran, police said Monday.
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While I don't think people should do things to antagonize other people pointlessly(not just religions), the fact people are rioting about a book being burned is beyond moronic.
That's religion for you. Real level headed stuff.
I‘d be thinking of rioting myself when they start burning books in my country again
What if that simple “book” is viewed as the sacred words of a prophet of the largest religion in the world? Does that change the perspective a little?
Nope.
That is why the world will burn.
No, it will burn because of greed, aversion and delusion.
That's exactly the point they are making in burning it. sacred to you is not sacred to me. Thinking that they have any right to enforce their religious beliefs on anyone else is not okay, doing so violently reveals they are the villains.
If Islam wants to be part of modern society, they need to accept others are not religious, and some are vehemently against religion, and that those views, demonstrated in public, is their right too.
The core issue a lot of people have with Islam in particular is the belief that they must enforce Islamic law on others around them.
Asking your beliefs be respected is not enforcing anything on to anyone else, and deliberately baiting an oppressed group for a reaction by going out of your way to disrespect them, and then pulling a surprised Pikachu face when they react is antagonistic fascist bullshit.
Responding with violence when your beliefs are disrespected is trying to enforce your beliefs on others.
Everyone sucks here. You don't need to step forward and defend people violently rioting over one person's bad behavior.
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Yes, makes you question the credibility of that religion. Example thoughts:
- Why does this deity choose such a fragile medium? Why not carve the message into mountains, paint it in the sky, craft into our hearts?
- Why do humans argue over it, when it's a matter of the gods? If Allah thinks this book deserves protection, why can mere men burn it?
- If you discovered the one and only truth, established a connection to the one creator, why bother with a random jerk burning books?
It's all kindergarten squabbles while it should be untouchable sovereignty.
Not even a little bit.