Monitoring Desk
RIYADH: The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the burning of copies of the Holy Qur’an by extremists in the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
The step provoked sentiments of millions of Muslims around the world.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saudi Arabia reiterated the Kingdom’s position, which “strongly rejects all these blatant acts that have unfortunately been repeated in several European capitals recently, under the pretext of freedom of expression, without a clear reaction toward stopping these practices.”
Saudi Arabia called on all the European nations where extremist violations occurred, to urgently address all these practices that are contributing to fueling conflict and hatred between followers of religions, the ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement.
A far-right activist, Rasmus Paludan, who holds both Swedish and Danish citizenship, already infuriated the Muslim world by staging a Qur’an-burning protest in Sweden on January 21. On Friday, Paludan replicated the stunt in front of a mosque as well as the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen and vowed to continue every Friday until Sweden is admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Several organisations also condemn Holy Qur’an burning
Several international and regional organizations, including the Muslim World League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Arab Parliament and Gulf Cooperation Council along with Pakistan, Jordan, Turkiye and Oman also issued statements strongly denouncing the incident.
