(Brussels Times) The head of the Dutch anti-Muslim organization Pegida, Edwin Wagensveld, tore up a second copy of the Holy Koran on Thursday afternoon in court at the opening of his trial in The Hague. He then left the courtroom.
Wagensveld is on trial for collective insult, which he reportedly perpetrated on 22 January this year, when he tore up a first copy of the Koran near the Dutch parliament, calling it a fascist book.
“I’m also tearing it up here, in the courtroom. This is the first time in the world that a Koran has been torn up in court,” Wagensveld said on Thursday.
Afterwards, he refused to respond to the judges and left the room.
