In addition to the attacks on the Quran in Denmark, this time they also attacked the Turkish flag. Members of the anti-Islamic and ultra-nationalist “Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots)” group burned the Koran in front of the embassies of Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran in Copenhagen. The group unfurled anti-Islam banners and chanted slogans.
Announcing that they will continue to increase their attacks on the Qur’an throughout Denmark in a post they shared on their social media account yesterday, the group also carried its provocations to the Danish cities of Odense and Vejle.
The group members shared these moments live on their social media accounts while stepping on the Quran and a prayer rug. It was also seen that one of the group stepped on the Turkish flag. The video in question was removed by Facebook shortly after.
The provocations were accompanied by the protection of the police.
Facebook had restricted some of the group’s videos.
PROVOCATIONS AGAINST THE QURAN IN SWEDEN AND DENMARK
While attacks against the Qur’an have intensified recently in Sweden and Denmark, allowing these provocations is met with reaction.
Danish far-right politician and leader of the Solid Direction Party, Rasmus Paludan, continued his provocations of burning the Holy Quran in Sweden’s Malmö, Norköpin, Jönköping cities and the capital Stockholm during the Easter holidays in 2022.
Paludan burned the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on January 21 and the Embassy of Turkey in Copenhagen on January 27.
Salwan Momika, who is of Iraqi origin, also burned the Quran under the protection of the police in front of the Stockholm Mosque on 28 June, which coincided with the first day of Eid al-Adha.
On July 20, Momika trampled the Qur’an and the Iraqi flag under police protection in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm.
An Islamophobic and ultra-nationalist group in Denmark had started to attack the Turkish flag and the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen as of April.
The members of the group, raising anti-Islamic banners and shouting slogans insulting Islam, read the Qur’an in front of the Iraqi embassies on July 21, Iran and Iraq on July 24, and the embassies of Egypt and Turkey on July 25 in Copenhagen. Kerim was burned.
The group performed in front of a mosque in Copenhagen on July 28, in front of the embassies of Turkey, Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Copenhagen on August 1, and in front of the embassies of Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran on August 3 He set the Quran on fire.
The group also burned a book by Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen.
Simultaneously with the 18th Extraordinary Foreign Ministers meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held on 31 July to address the attacks on the Holy Qur’an, in Denmark and Sweden, the Qur’an was again attacks were made.
Many countries, especially Turkey, reacted to the fact that these actions were carried out under police protection and by obtaining permission from the authorities.
On July 25, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing violence against the holy books as a violation of international law and strongly condemning such actions.
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