Danish group burns copy of Quran in front of Iraq embassy in Copenhagen
The latest incident comes despite growing outrage across the Islamic world and calls to curb such provocative acts, mostly in European countries.
The group that calls itself 'Danish Patriots' also held a similar demonstration last week, livestreaming the events on Facebook. Photo: Reuters
Two protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, in front of the Iraqi embassy in the Danish capital on Monday, risking a further deterioration of relations between the two countries.
The two protesters were from a group that calls itself "Danish Patriots", which held a similar demonstration last week and livestreamed the events on Facebook.
The organiser of Monday's demonstration in Copenhagen stomped on the Quran and set it alight in a tin foil tray next to the Iraqi flag on the ground.
Following the latest incident, Iraq condemned the burning, the state news agency INA cited the foreign ministry as saying.
The ministry called on the authorities of countries in the European Union to "quickly reconsider so-called freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate," INA added.
Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burnings in the two Nordic countries, in a gathering called by ruling Iraqi parties.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that people who desecrate the Quran should face the "most severe punishment".
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