Denmark: Quran burnt outdoors Iraq’s embassy in Copenhagen

On Friday, twenty first July 2023, the Danske Patrioter group in Denmark burnt Quran in entrance of Iraq’s embassy in Copenhagen. The protesters additionally threw the Iraqi flag on the bottom and stomped on it. The Danske Patrioter group (that means – Danish Patriots) mentioned that this Quran-burning exercise was part of their protest in opposition to the assault on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad.

It is notable that a number of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy early on twentieth July and set it ablaze in a violent response to a different deliberate burning of the Quran. This got here following a report from a Swedish information company saying that the Swedish police had accepted a Quran and Iraqi flag-burning protest outdoors the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm.

On Friday, twenty first July 2023, the members of the group Danske Patrioter gathered in entrance of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen and raised slogans in opposition to Islam. They additionally waved banners in opposition to Islam. They additionally live-streamed a video of the burning Quran on their Facebook web page as part of this protest.

The Danske Patrioter group mentioned it carried out this exercise in protest in opposition to the assault on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. The group staged this protest amid strict safety measures taken by the police. It is identical group that burnt the Quran and the Turkish flag in entrance of the Turkish embassy and a mosque in Copenhagen in January 2023.

A video on social media reveals members of the anti-Islamic group #Danske Patrioter burning a duplicate of the holy #Quran and the #Iraqi flag in Copenhagen underneath police safety pic.twitter.com/qVADlhNxge

— Zoom News (@zoomnewskrd) July 22, 2023

In the video, it may be seen that the protesters put the Quran on a metal tray on the bottom and set it on hearth. They then laid the Iraqi flag on the bottom and stomped on it.

Following the occasion, a big mob tried to storm into the Danish Embassy in Iraq, situated within the Green Zone in Baghdad. Hundreds of protestors tried to enter the closely fortified Green Zone, however the safety forces have been capable of maintain them again by blocking a bridge.

On Thursday, twentieth July 2023, ex-Muslim Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika residing in Sweden kicked and broken the Quran and Iraq’s flag in entrance of the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm. While the unique plan was to burn it, it was not achieved, however the holy ebook was desecrated.

Its response was instantly seen in Iraq as Islamists attacked the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. The protesters entered the embassy and set it on hearth. Iraqi riot police used water cannons to disperse lots of of protesters who breached the partitions of the Swedish consulate in central Baghdad. Security forces geared up with electrical batons tried to thrust back the protesters from the embassy.

The protests have been reportedly referred to as by supporters of the influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr who is thought to have given calls to his supporters previously to take to the streets in protest.

It is the second time that Salwan Momika has desecrated the Quran. Earlier, on twenty eighth June 2023, he lit a number of pages of the Quran on hearth in entrance of a mosque in Stockholm. This Quran-burning occasion additionally had repercussions in Iraq as lots of of Moqtada Sadr’s followers broke into the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on the following day. After about quarter-hour of heated protests, the gathering of Muslims began to disperse as tight safety was put in place.

Following the assaults on the embassy in Iraq, Sweden has quickly shifted the embassy to Stockholm. It is notable that Iraq has already expelled the Swedish ambassador to Iraq in protest in opposition to allowing the burning of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. An Iraqi authorities assertion mentioned Baghdad had additionally recalled its cost d’affaires in Sweden. Moreover, the Iraqi govt has additionally suspended the work allow given to Swedish MNC Ericsson. Iraq has additionally threatened to chop all diplomatic relations with Sweden over the problem.

Other Islamic nations have additionally condemned the repeated burning of the Quran in Sweden, together with Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Lebanon, Palestine and so on. Sweden’s ambassadors have been additionally summoned by a number of nations to objections to the occasion.