Man arrested after 'Koran burned' in Manchester city centre
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Was the book stolen or something?
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It's crazy people defend this then say burning crosses isn't acceptable without a hint of irony
Religious hate is bad and everyone doing it is the bad guy but think they're the good guy.
It just perpetuates the problems.
Context is, as always, everything. Burning crosses on the lawn of a black person is not acceptable. Because it is a provocation and a symbol of hatred.
They literally burn crosses in England every year in a way that is not intended to convey racism and no one thinks of it that way.
Now, in this case, he was doing it in front of a memorial. So obviously that is a provocation and done as a symbol of hatred.
But if, for example, an Afghan woman burned a Quran in central Manchester to protest the way women are treated in Afghanistan? She would have my full support.