ANKARA, July 29 (Reuters) - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent burnings of the Koran, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.
ANKARA, July 29 (Reuters) - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent burnings of the Koran, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.
Turkey complains to Denmark regarding book burning, yet Turkey seems to have done it themselves when it fit into Edrogen silencing political opponents of his regime.
Apples to oranges maybe, yet it does smell of hypocrisy.
It should be noted that the muslim idea of what the Koran is seems to put it on a significantly higher pidestal than where Christains place the Bible.
Higher even than what the more unhinged fringes of the sola scriptura crowd does.
And here in Denmark there’s a double standard where behaviour, that would result in being dragged away and fined if you insulted any other group, is just fine as long as you target muslims.
All of which is not to say that Erdogan isn’t also an asshole.
But then Erdogan is not quite all muslims.
Appreciate the insight. Didn’t know that’s the case in regards to other religious groups in Denmark.
Ah, but it isn’t really about religion.
It’s a simple question of who can ‘othered’? Who can be designated as victims?
So it’s not other religious groups, but specifically muslims.
Denmark has some racism issues but what is the solution here? Make book burning illegal? Give religious texts extra legal protection? As someone who is from a country that gives religions extra protection, i do not want that.
In 2003, there was an art exhibition in Greece that had a painting that showed a penis ejaculating on a cross. The christians here lost their shit. And eventually the ministry of Culture removed the painting from the exhibition because of the “religious fervor that could lead to destruction of art, considering the threats received”. The director of the exhibition said “it isnt censorship or self censorship, if it is about protecting the art and the exhibition”. The artist agreed with the removal, saying that he doesnt want to cause issues.
https://www.tanea.gr/2003/12/11/lifearts/culture/ypokritiko-kynigi-magisswn/
Do you think this was the correct reaction? Do you want other European countries to react the same when it comes to Quran burning? Because in my opinion this is backwards and embarrassing behaviour.
Under Danish law, if I make a happening for the purpose of making the local stamp collectors association, or anyone lose their collective cool and attack me, I will be dragged away and fined for disturbing the peace.
I really see no reason why stamp collectors should be differently protected than Muslims.
I would agree, however, that both stamp collectors and Muslims should be required to keep their cool, and that we should not enjoy any such protections against mere insult.
On the other hand this guy does his best to shove the burning stamps up the noses of the collectors, …
And authorities in Muslim countries abuse this to divert attention from their own abuses.
So yeah, I don’t know, it’s complicated.