The extreme right wing in Denmark just set fire to the Quran, and Saudi Arabia has summoned Denmark’s ambassador in protest.
Quran Burning Problem: A Contentious Matter Explained
On Thursday, Saudi Arabia summoned Denmark’s ambassador to express its displeasure over the Copenhagen Quran burning event. A radical right-wing organization declared that the Quran would be burned in Copenhagen, the Danish capital. The Danish envoy has reportedly been asked to discontinue such activities that go against religious doctrine as well as international law and norms, according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry. Notably, a Danish far-right organization published a video online on Tuesday showing a man appearing to burn a Muslim holy book.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia expressed its disapproval of the Quran being burned in Sweden by an immigrant from Iraq. A Quran was set on fire by an Iraqi refugee outside a mosque in Stockholm.
Sloan Momika, a different immigrant, trod on a Quran in Sweden last week, although he did not light it on fire. Sweden received a protest from Saudi Arabia regarding this occurrence.
In this situation, dozens of protesters, including Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters in Iraq, assaulted the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire. However, Sweden said that all of its diplomats were unharmed during the event. Sweden urged the administration in Baghdad to guarantee the safety of diplomatic facilities.
On Monday in Jeddah, an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has been convened by Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The cases of Quran desecration in Sweden and Denmark will be discussed at this gathering.
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Secretary General, Hussain Ibrahim Taha, reported that Tobias Billstrom, the Foreign Minister of Sweden, had called to express his country’s rejection of the incident involving the desecration of the Quran and his desire to maintain better relations with OIC member nations. wishes to
On the other hand, the Swedish government has reinforced security in light of the sensitive environment following the incident involving the burning of a Koran to prepare for any terrorist occurrence. In directives made by the Swedish
