Swedish authorities ought to take steps relating to the burning of a replica of the Quran, the Muslim holy e-book, in Sweden, a spokesperson for the EU Commission mentioned Monday.
Johannes Bahrke mentioned in a press convention that such actions are usually not consistent with the values on which the EU is based.
Bahrke mentioned racism, xenophobia, racial and spiritual hatred “have no place in the EU.”
Condemnations continued to pour in from throughout the Arab and Islamic worlds over the burning of a replica of the Quran, by a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist within the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
Rasmus Paludan, the chief of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, underneath the safety of police and with permission from the federal government, burned a replica of the Quran outdoors the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday.
