The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the repeated desecration of the Quran and the Turkish flag in Denmark on Friday, because it urged Danish authorities to stop such provocations.
In an announcement launched Friday, the ministry stated that the hate crime was dedicated throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Noting {that a} related assault was carried out on March 24, the ministry stated authorizing such a “heinous act under the guise of freedom of expression is absolutely unacceptable and that such an approach can never be justified.”
The ministry additionally pointed to the dearth of authorized and administrative measures and political will to stop such hate crimes.
“This act is clear proof that Islamophobia, xenophobia, discrimination and racism have recently increased in Europe. Such acts of hate crime also constitute an offense to those who believe in tolerance, the culture of peaceful coexistence and democratic values. Being unable to see this fact and condoning these acts is a grave negligence,” the ministry added.
The ministry additionally stated it summoned Denmark’s envoy and urged Danish authorities to take mandatory motion to stop such provocations and convey the perpetrators to justice.
Recent months have seen a number of acts of Quran burning, or makes an attempt to take action, by Islamophobic figures or teams in northern Europe and Nordic nations.
In January, ultranationalist, far-right extremist and racist politician Rasmus Paludan additionally burnt a duplicate of the Quran in entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm and once more in entrance of a mosque in Copenhagen. Türkiye summoned the Danish ambassador over the incident.
Days after Paludan, one other far-right extremist Edwin Wagensveld, chief of the anti-Islam get together PEGIDA, tore aside a Quran earlier than setting it on fireplace at an indication in Enschede, the Netherlands.
The desecration of the Quran has since drawn worldwide outrage and condemnation and requires an finish to the authorization of Islamophobic protests.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
