Man arrested after 'Koran burned' in Manchester city centre

[live_let_live@lemmy.world]

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[givesomefucks@lemmy.world]

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.

[iii@mander.xyz]

Was the book stolen or something?

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

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.