Exercising Power from the Outside - The Effects of Rasmus Paludan’s Quran Burnings in Denmark and Beyond

Exercising Power from the Outside - The Effects of Rasmus Paludan’s Quran Burnings in Denmark and Beyond Nissen, Anita Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1701-6925 Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-02-09 eng Since 2019, anti-Islam non-parliamentary activists have explored the limits to freedom of speech in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands through their provocative Quran desecration acts. Using the non-parliamentarian arena to exercise power from a position of minority, the far-right activist Rasmus Paludan and his party were able to effectively push the Danish constitutional boundaries, while at the same time affecting the geopolitical situation. While the protests so far only have had legal repercussions regarding blasphemy and freedom of speech in Denmark, it clearly demonstrates that non-parliamentary far-right activists also hold certain legislative powers. CC BY-SA 4.0 Nissen, Anita Blasphemy Far right parties Free Speech Hate Speech Obstruktion [Politik] Protest Obstruktion [Politik] 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/exercising-power-from-the-outside/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/2b78ad7a4fac31fc 240209 10.59704/2b78ad7a4fac31fc Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)