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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.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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.

[–] pragmakist@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Appreciate the insight. Didn’t know that’s the case in regards to other religious groups in Denmark.

[–] pragmakist@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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.

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