Islamophobes Desecrate Quran in Front of Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark
Two members of an Islamophobic and far-right nationalist group called “Danish Patriot” set fire to Quran in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen after Quran burning incidents the group staged on Monday and last week in front of the Iraqi embassy. Two such sacrilegious acts have taken place in Sweden over the past month.
Iraq’s foreign ministry on Monday called on authorities of EU countries to “quickly reconsider so-called freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate” in light of the Quran burnings.
Turkey on Monday said it strongly condemned what it called a “despicable attack” on the Quran and called on Denmark to take necessary measures to prevent this “hate crime” against Islam.
The Egyptian foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires to condemn the desecration of the Qurans.
Source: Reuters
