INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- On Saturday, members of a Danish extremist group desecrated the holy Quran in front of the Turkish and Iraqi embassies in Copenhagen
Members of the ultranationalist group Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, first burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy
and then another copy in front of the Iraqi embassy.The provocative deed was carried out under police protection as the culprits shouted
anti-Islamic slurs.The group broadcast the assault live on their social media platforms.The recurrent burning of the Quran or efforts to do
so by Islamophobic individuals or organizations, particularly in northern European and Nordic nations, have outraged Muslim nations and the
international community at large.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres responded to these outrageous acts by expressing sympathy with the
Muslim community and denouncing any action that promotes Islamophobia.On August 9, while widely reflecting the latest statement of the
Iranian embassy in Copenhagen regarding the continuation of insults to the Quran, Danish media described the statement as a direct message
that the Iranian embassy had urged Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to spell the end of the insults and thwart the ongoing
note of the fact that despite a request by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to put an end to this flagrant insult, the holy
book is still being desecrated in the Nordic country.The embassy also reaffirmed its great concern over the increasingly frequent attacks on
the Muslim faith and urged the Danish government to take action in accordance with its international commitments.Additionally, it asked
groups have desecrated the sacred Muslim book several times during the past month in Sweden and Denmark, whose governments have authorized
25 in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in an anti-Islam demonstration
The sacrilegious act followed a string of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden a week before.The entire Muslim community is furious about
The ambassadors of Sweden and Denmark have been summoned or expelled by a number of Muslim nations.For example, Iraq expelled the Swedish
ambassador on July 20, in protest
The Quran burning in Stockholm had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad.An Iraqi
government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d'affaires in Sweden, and Iraq's state news agency reported that Iraq had
suspended the working permit of Sweden's Ericsson on Iraqi soil.Despite condemning the burning of the Quran, the two Nordic nations claimed
they were unable to stop it because freedom of expression is enshrined in their constitution.The OIC, which represents 57 Muslim nations,
Additionally, it has asked the world community to unify in opposition to these hateful actions.Also on July 29, the Iranian embassy in
the insulting action against religious books and national symbols in Copenhagen and believes that such actions are planned and implemented
actions and the lack of a decisive move to prevent such defamatory actions
extremists are not given the opportunity to harm the feelings of the followers of any religion under the slogan of freedom of expression.The
statement also noted that desecrating and burning the holy books is not only a clear example of religious hatred but also an insult to its
followers and a clear violation of their human rights.
