(Politico) A group of far-right protesters set fire to copies of the Quran in Copenhagen on Tuesday in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in an anti-Islam demonstration, following a string of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden in the past week.
Turkey and Iraq condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book while in other Muslim-majority countries like Yemen, people took to the streets to protest. Hundreds of protesters in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy last week in response and tried to reach the Danish embassy but were stopped by security forces.
Tuesday’s protest in Copenhagen was organized by a far-right group who call themselves “Danish Patriots.” The group orchestrated the Quran burnings on Monday and Friday, which they live-streamed on Facebook in front of the Iraqi embassy.
