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Burned

Charles Oliver | 4.28.2011 12:51 AM

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Andrew Ryan, a former British soldier, says he was angered when some Muslims burned poppies on Remembrance Day. So he stole a copy of the Koran from a library and burned it in the center of Carlisle, England. A court sentenced him to 70 days in jail.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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