Quran Burning

Single Incident Alert DateNovember 9, 2012 Country: Ireland Address: Galway General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Islamophobia, Religious intolerance, On grounds of other belief, Xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Muslims Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-racism, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Afghan, Albanian, Algerian, American, Andorran, Angolan, Antiguans, Argentinean, Armenian, Australian, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Bahamian, Bahraini, Bangladeshi, Barbadian, Barbudans, Batswana, Belarusian, Belgian, Belizean, Beninese, Bhutanese, Bolivian, Bosnian, Brazilian, British, Bruneian, Bulgarian, Burkinabe, Burmese, Burundian, Cambodian, Cameroonian, Canadian, Cape Verdean, Central African, Chadian, Chilean, Chinese, Colombian, Comoran, Congolese, Costa Rican, Croatian, Cuban, Cypriot, Czech, Danish, Djibouti, Dominican, Dutch, East Timorese, Ecuadorean, Egyptian, Emirian, Equatorial Guinean, Eritrean, Estonian, Ethiopian, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gabonese, Gambian, Georgian, German, Ghanaian, Greek, Grenadian, Guatemalan, Guinea-Bissauan, Guinean, Guyanese, Haitian, Herzegovinian, Honduran, Hungarian, I-Kiribati, Icelander, Indian, Indonesian, Iranian, Iraqi, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Ivorian, Jamaican, Japanese, Jordanian, Kazakhstani, Kenyan, Kittian and Nevisian, Kuwaiti, Kyrgyz, Laotian, Latvian, Lebanese, Liberian, Libyan, Liechtensteiner, Lithuanian, Luxembourger, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malawian, Malaysian, Maldivan, Malian, Maltese, Marshallese, Mauritanian, Mauritian, Mexican, Micronesian, Moldovan, Monacan, Mongolian, Moroccan, Mosotho, Motswana, Mozambican, Namibian, Nauruan, Nepalese, New Zealander, Nicaraguan, Nigerian, Nigerien, North Korean, Northern Irish, Norwegian, Omani, Pakistani, Palauan, Panamanian, Papua New Guinean, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Qatari, Romanian, Russian, Rwandan, Saint Lucian, Salvadoran, Samoan, San Marinese, Sao Tomean, Saudi, Scottish, Senegalese, Serbian, Seychellois, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Slovakian, Slovenian, Solomon Islander, Somali, South African, South Korean, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Surinamer, Swazi, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tanzanian, Thai, Togolese, Tongan, Trinidadian or Tobagonian, Tunisian, Turkish, Tuvaluan, Ugandan, Ukrainian, Uruguayan, Uzbekistani, Venezuelan, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yemenite, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Palestinian
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age <17, 18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65, 66+
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Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

The Irish Sun reported on a hate video that had been posted on the Youtube platform in October 2012. The six-minute video depicts the 'ceremonial' burning of a Quran in a fireplace. The video starts with the following declaration: "This is Ireland's protest to the backward ideology that is Islam. FUCK ISLAM IT'S NOT WELCOME HERE".

Dr Ali Selim, spokesman of the Islamic Cultural Centre has urged Irish Muslims to refrain from demonstrating against the video as this would give the makers of the video the reaction they were looking for: "They want a reaction to cause controversy." Dr Selim called upon the Gardaí to take action.

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