Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take pressing motion to forestall burnings of the Koran, a Turkish overseas ministry supply mentioned.
In a cellphone name together with his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Fidan condemned the “continuous vile attacks against Koran“. He advised Rasmussen that it was unacceptable to permit such actions underneath the guise of freedom of expression, the supply mentioned.
Rasmussen on Saturday wrote on messaging platform X, previously often called Twitter: “Turkey and Denmark are close allies. Important to not let these acts succeed in creating division.” He additionally reiterated Denmark‘s “strong condemnation of these provocative acts by few individuals.”
The feedback got here after a small group of anti-Islam activists set hearth to Korans in entrance of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday, after related protests in Denmark and Sweden over current weeks.
Denmark and Sweden have deplored the burning of Islam’s holy e-book however say they can not stop it underneath guidelines defending free speech.
ISLAMOPHOBIA IN EUROPE HIT ‘ALARMING LEVEL’ WITH ATTACKS ON QURAN
In a cellphone name together with his Danish counterpart, Türkiye’s overseas minister on Saturday confused Ankara‘s concern over the alarming rise of islamophobia in Europe, particularly in assaults on the holy Quran.
During his name with Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Hakan Fidan mentioned, “Islamophobia in Europe has reached an alarming level, even turning into an epidemic, and allowing such despicable actions under the guise of freedom of expression is unacceptable,” mentioned a Foreign Ministry assertion.
Recent months have seen a number of situations of Quran burning or desecration in a number of European international locations, particularly in northern Europe, drawing widespread condemnation from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and different international locations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
