(AFP) Denmark charged two people on Friday under its law banning desecration of the Koran, a first for legislation adopted after a series of holy book burnings that sparked outrage among Muslims, authorities said.
The pair, whose identities were not disclosed, are accused of “inappropriate treatment of a Koran” during a festival in June gathering people from the political, economic and social spheres.
Neither Copenhagen’s prosecution authority nor local media have described their alleged actions in detail.
The actions “took place publicly, were followed by a number of people and were also broadcast to a wider circle by being filmed and broadcast live on Facebook,” prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said in a statement.
