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[[Paul Marshall]] wrote in ''[[National Review]]'': | [[Paul Marshall]] wrote in ''[[National Review]]'': | ||
:death is the penalty for desecrating a Koran in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Egypt is milder, there one would be sentenced to several years in prison under Article 161 of the penal code for “publicly insulting Islam,” or perhaps Article 98, “inciting sectarian strife”; similar patterns are followed in more moderate Muslim countries. [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/marshall200505160837.asp] | :death is the penalty for desecrating a Koran in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Egypt is milder, there one would be sentenced to several years in prison under Article 161 of the penal code for “publicly insulting Islam,” or perhaps Article 98, “inciting sectarian strife”; similar patterns are followed in more moderate Muslim countries. [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/marshall200505160837.asp] | ||
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| + | In 2005, there were "reports that a [[Koran]] was desecrated at the US detention centre at [[Guantanamo]]",<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=46668 Saudi demands action in alleged Koran desecration] </ref> | ||
| + | which led to expressions of official protest as well as deadly riots. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Media and religion]] | *[[Media and religion]] | ||
Revision as of 12:44, March 15, 2009
Paul Marshall wrote in National Review:
- death is the penalty for desecrating a Koran in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Egypt is milder, there one would be sentenced to several years in prison under Article 161 of the penal code for “publicly insulting Islam,” or perhaps Article 98, “inciting sectarian strife”; similar patterns are followed in more moderate Muslim countries. [1]
Guantanamo
In 2005, there were "reports that a Koran was desecrated at the US detention centre at Guantanamo",[1] which led to expressions of official protest as well as deadly riots.