Blood on a Mosque: Religion, the Sacred, and the Finnish Criminal Court Process.

This article analyzes a Finnish criminal court process concerning a spattering of blood on a mosque. Initially ruled as a religious insult, the charge was eventually dropped on the grounds that the Islamic community in question did not have the proper legal personality. The article utilizes a non-no...

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Publicado en:Journal of Religion in Europe Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 274 - 301
Autor principal: Äystö, Tuomas
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2017
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