COPENHAGEN: Only a day after demonstrators desecrated the Holy Guide in entrance of the Iraqi embassy in Denmark, extra copies of the Quran had been burnt in entrance of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday, bringing anguish and misery to Muslims all around the world.
In a press release indicating a clear chit to the perpetrators of such acts beneath so-called freedom of speech, Denmark and Sweden stated they deplore the burning however can’t forestall it because it falls beneath guidelines of “defending freedom of speech”.
Protestors final week burnt the Swedish embassy within the Iraqi capital Baghdad as a response to the unholy act, which enraged billions of Muslims, in line with a report.
Tuesday’s demonstration in Copenhagen by a gaggle referred to as “Danish Patriots” adopted Holy Quran burnings the group staged Monday and final week in entrance of the Iraqi embassy. Two such incidents have taken place in Sweden over the previous month.
Iraq’s international ministry referred to as on authorities of EU nations to “rapidly rethink so-called freedom of expression and the appropriate to reveal in gentle of the Holy Quran burnings.”
Turkiye stated it strongly condemned what it referred to as a “despicable assault” on the Holy Quran and referred to as on Denmark to take vital measures to stop this “hate crime” towards Islam.
The Egyptian international ministry on Tuesday additionally summoned Sweden’s cost d’affaires to sentence the desecration of the Holy Quran.