(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) In a statement issued on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry strongly
condemned the desecration of the Quran and the Turkish flag in
Denmark, trend reports citing daily sabah .
Denouncing the late Friday incident as a "hate crime," the
Foreign Ministry said Ankara will never accept such "vile actions
being allowed under the guise of freedom of expression."
The ministry urged Danish authorities to take immediate action
against the perpetrators and concrete measures to prevent further
provocations that threaten social harmony and peaceful
coexistence.
The ministry noted that the act amounts to a hate crime and
displays the worrying level of anti-Muslim hatred, discrimination,
and xenophobia in Europe.
The far-right anti-Muslim group Patrioterne Gar Live displayed
Islamophobic banners and desecrated the Quran and the Turkish flag
in front of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. The far-right group
also broadcast it live on their Facebook page.
In January, ultranationalist, far-right extremist, and racist
politician Rasmus Paludan also burnt a copy of the Quran in front
of a mosque in Copenhagen. Türkiye summoned the Danish ambassador
over the incident.
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