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Jump To Comment: 1It seems Atheist is a bit overly willing to cry foul on this.
Would it be secular extremism, if a drunken couple were charged with having sex in a library?
There are laws in lots of countries, be they mostly islamic, catholic, protestant or secular about getting naked in public places.
It's not religious extremism. A couple ended up in court in Ireland for having sex in a sporting ground.
18 months is overly harsh. The couple were obviously stupid, and irresponsible. Being drunk in the middle of the day, and going into a mosque, shows a lack of respect for themselves and others. A night in seperate cells, and a fine would have been a better result, but , like any country the courts generally take into account local sensitivities. Religious extremisim, it aint' though.
Is this a case of Muslim bashing by anonymous 'Atheist'?