Sunday, April 10, 2011
BNP Assembly candidate arrested over Qur'an burning
The Guarduian reports that Sion Owens, who is standing for the BNP on their South Wales West regional list, has been arrested after he was filmed burning a copy of the Qur'an in his garden:
Footage of the burning shows Sion Owens, 40, from south Wales and a candidate for the forthcoming Welsh Assembly elections, soaking the Qur'an in kerosene and setting fire to it.
A video clip of the act, leaked to the Observer and passed immediately to South Wales police, provoked fierce criticism from the government.
A statement from the Home Office said: "The government absolutely condemns the burning of the Qur'an. It is fundamentally offensive to the values of our pluralist and tolerant society.
"We equally condemn any attempts to create divisions between communities and are committed to ensuring that everyone has the freedom to live their lives free from fear of targeted hostility or harassment on the grounds of a particular characteristic, such as religion."
Footage of the burning shows Sion Owens, 40, from south Wales and a candidate for the forthcoming Welsh Assembly elections, soaking the Qur'an in kerosene and setting fire to it.
A video clip of the act, leaked to the Observer and passed immediately to South Wales police, provoked fierce criticism from the government.
A statement from the Home Office said: "The government absolutely condemns the burning of the Qur'an. It is fundamentally offensive to the values of our pluralist and tolerant society.
"We equally condemn any attempts to create divisions between communities and are committed to ensuring that everyone has the freedom to live their lives free from fear of targeted hostility or harassment on the grounds of a particular characteristic, such as religion."
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I have to totally agree with David. This is grist to the BNP's mill. Many people may vote BNP just to protest about this infringement of liberties.
I don't particularly like the burning of books or flags or effigies, and I detest the BNP, but I think you should be free to burn whatever you want, especially in this case if it is in your own back garden.
I also think France is wrong to stop muslems wearing the niqab and burka if they choose to.
I don't particularly like the burning of books or flags or effigies, and I detest the BNP, but I think you should be free to burn whatever you want, especially in this case if it is in your own back garden.
I also think France is wrong to stop muslems wearing the niqab and burka if they choose to.
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: 8:11 AM
They burnt that book in 2010... now he's running for a political position, suddenly it's an issue and the Welsh Police are sent round.
This mans crime is his politics.
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This mans crime is his politics.
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