Refugee from Turkey burned Qur'an

A refugee from Turkey, who is an Atheist and not ethnically Turkish, was convicted of harassment in the form of burning a Qur'an. He will appeal the conviction.

The case is subtle because the judge ruled that some details of his other statement implied an attack on Muslims rather than criticism of Islam (burning a Qur'an is lawful to express that).

I think it is proper to make this sort of distinction, but lacking the details, I am unable to have an opinion about where the line was drawn in this case.

Here is some more information.

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