(National-UAE) A planned demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Oslo has been banned amid fears it would become a Quran-burning protest, Norwegian police have said.
Turkey summoned Norway’s ambassador on Thursday over the planned protest that was expected to take place on Friday, the Norwegian foreign ministry and a Turkish ministry source said.
Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang first reported that a group of anti-Islam protesters had plans to burn a copy of the Quran at the demonstration.
Norwegian police said on Thursday that they have decided, for security reasons, to ban the planned demonstration outside the embassy.
