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Six arrested in Gateshead over 'Koran burning'


Six people have been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after videos emerged on the internet apparently showing copies of the Koran being burned.
UK Telegraph - Published: 12:19PM BST 23 Sep 2010



The men hide their faces as they hold a copy of the Koran prior to setting fire to it
Photo: NORTH NEWS

 Officers detained two men on September 15 and four more yesterday and all six were bailed pending further inquiries, Northumbria Police said.


''The arrests followed the burning of what are believed to have been two Korans in Gateshead on September 11,'' the spokesman said.

''The incident was recorded and a video placed on the internet.''


In a video still accessible on YouTube, six young men in hooded tops or wearing scarves over their faces can be seen pouring petrol on a book and setting it alight, before burning another.

On the video, which appeared to have been filmed behind a pub, they cheer as the first book bursts into flames.

Northumbria Police said the men were not arrested for watching or distributing the video, but on suspicion of burning the Koran.

Gateshead Council and the force issued a joint statement to stress that community relations in the area were good.

It said: ''The kind of behaviour displayed in this video is not at all representative of our community as a whole.

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While I don't agree with what these men did, due to the inciteful nature of the act, I fully support their right to do it.  Apparently in the UK, the appeasement movement is fully complete. 
As for the inciteful nature of this: Does it bother anyone that burning a burning the Koran causes worldwide violence, and yet everyone else is supposed to be "tolerant" of that type of behavior.  This should speak volumes of the "tolerance" of the Islamists". Yet the media and the "enlightened" intellectuals don't see this as radical fanaticism.  No, that's not fanatical.  Opposing abortion? You're a religious fanatic.  Supporting the 2nd Amendment?  "What, are you some kind of a nut?"  Killing someone, or rioting over burning a Koran?  They're the religion of "peace" and "tolerance".  Stay awake America!  It may be too late for Great Britain and the rest of Europe.