“Burning religious texts is a clear act of hatred and a fundamental attack on all people of faith,” Ronald Lauder, president of the WJC, said in a statement.
Reactions from the outside world have been very strong after the latest Koran burning and many have condemned it.
On Wednesday morning, Pakistan’s prime minister called for a nationwide protest this coming Friday.
The police have received three new applications for public gatherings with the purpose of burning religious scriptures. Two of them are supposed to be held in Stockholm and one in Helsingborg.
One of the applications is from a woman in her 50s who wants to burn a Koran outside a mosque in Stockholm, “as soon as possible”, according to SVT.
A man in his 30s wants to burn the Torah and a Bible outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on July 15.
On July 12, a private person wants to burn religious texts in central Helsingborg.