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Denmark’s parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
By Jan M. Olsen — December 7, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — This year alone, activists have staged more than 500 protests, including burnings of the Quran, in front of embassies of Muslim countries, places of worship and in immigrant neighborhoods.
A cemetery is desecrated, shaking Michigan’s Jewish community on Election Day
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — Gayle Kirshenbaum planned to spend Election Day calling potential voters and urging them to vote. Instead she woke up to the news that the cemetery where her grandparents are buried was desecrated.
Campaign brewing to get Hindu god Brahma off popular beer
By William Kole — July 14, 2020
(AP) — A spokesperson for the brand said Brahma beer is a tribute to Joseph Bramah — an Englishman who invented the draft pump valve.
Mount Carmel Cemetery: Stones toppled, stones righted
By guest — February 28, 2017
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) I saw with my own eyes evidence of the darkness of hatred that can enfold us, and I saw with my own eyes the sparks of light and love that shine even more brightly when darkness is thickest.
Vandals wreck headstones at historic Jewish cemetery in St. Louis
By USA Today — February 21, 2017
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — Police, who are reviewing security footage, would not say whether they are considering the incident a hate crime.
House passes bill to make cemetery desecration a religious freedom crime
By Lauren Markoe — May 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The bill was suggested by Jewish groups who pointed out the frequent desecration of Jewish cemeteries abroad, especially in nations that once had significant Jewish populations.
Atheist’s plan to whip the Quran won’t be allowed in the Capitol, official says
By Nick Malawskey / The Patriot-News — July 18, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) The Pennsylvania atheist who wanted to desecrate the Quran using a whip to protest a “Year of Religious Diversity” resolution by state lawmakers can’t – because whips aren't allowed in the Capitol. By Nick Malawskey.
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