A man who posted an online video of himself burning pages from the Koran then urinating on it to put out the flames will face trial over incitement to religious hatred. The unidentified man, in his 30s, was tracked through his IP address and phone number to his flat near Strasbourg, France.
'He claims full responsibility. He says he's not a right-wing extremist but that in France he can burn the Koran, just as he can burn a Winnie the Pooh book, without worrying about the consequences,' said Strasbourg deputy prosecutor Gilles Delorme. In his online film, the blogger is seen sitting in his living room wearing a devil's mask as he tears pages from a copy of the Koran to make paper airplanes. [Metro] Read more
