Iraq condemns new incident of Quran burning in Denmark
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Two people burned a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen on Monday, raising the possibility of a deterioration in relations between Iraq and Denmark.
One of the two people crushed the copy of the Quran into the ground with his feet and set it on fire, placing the Iraqi flag next to it on the ground.
The two people belong to a Danish anti-Islam group called Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots), which carried out a similar incident last week, broadcasting it directly on Facebook.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned in a statement that Iraq condemns the burning of the Quran in front of its embassy in Copenhagen, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on the authorities of the European Union to quickly reconsider the so-called freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate, INA reported.
Iran and Iraq witnessed protests after the authorities in Denmark and Sweden allowed the burning of copies of the Quran under laws protecting the right to freedom of expression.
Protesters in Iraq set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad last Thursday.
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday to condemn the burning or tearing of copies of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark.
Additionally, the spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, announced on Monday that diplomats from the Danish mission left Baghdad two days ago.