That guy who ripped those pages just signed up to possibly be murdered.
Rip out pages of the Bible or the Torah, and those people most likely will pray for you.
Do that to the Koran, and you very life is in danger (not to mention your family).
I am not joking, and if you don't believe that (and you don't think the Islamicist have seen that guys face), you are not paying attention.
Yes, these protestors are risking their lives to make their point about this religion of violence.