At least for China, you can get arrested for burning the Quran. It has little to do with geopolitics and more to do with not letting Islamophobia get a foothold in your country.
I think China's POV on this is that speech intended purely to piss people off shouldn't be broadcast at all, and that even well-intended speech that is critical of a group should be limited to certain contexts in order to prevent needless conflict.
It is hateful incitement against a religious group. It should be viewed identically to performatively burning an lgbt flag, which is similarly hateful incitement against lgbt people. Hatespeech should be a crime and this is that.
The only reason it's not illegal in america is that it's "freedom of speech" bullshit.
At least for China, you can get arrested for burning the Quran. It has little to do with geopolitics and more to do with not letting Islamophobia get a foothold in your country.
I think China's POV on this is that speech intended purely to piss people off shouldn't be broadcast at all, and that even well-intended speech that is critical of a group should be limited to certain contexts in order to prevent needless conflict.
It is hateful incitement against a religious group. It should be viewed identically to performatively burning an lgbt flag, which is similarly hateful incitement against lgbt people. Hatespeech should be a crime and this is that.
The only reason it's not illegal in america is that it's "freedom of speech" bullshit.
"Harmony"
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