Anti-Muslim group desecrates Quran, Iraqi flag in Denmark

Jordan Daily – An anti-Muslim group desecrated the Quran in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen on Friday, as Muslims expressed outrage about a similar incident in Sweden and called on authorities to prevent such hateful acts from repeating.

The ultranationalist group called “Danske Patrioter” burned the holy book in front of Iraq’s Embassy in Copenhagen.

They also carried a banner with insulting slogans against Islam, before stamping on the Iraqi flag and a copy of the Quran under police protection, as seen in the videos they shared on social media.

The group said they did this to “protest” the attack against Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad.

Early Thursday morning, a crowd of Iraqis stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad and set a small part of it ablaze in protest against the burning of a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, by Salwan Momika, an Iraq-born refugee who now lives in Sweden.