Iran summons Danish Ambassador over desecration of Holy Quran
Tehran, The Gulf Observer: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says that the Danish Ambassador to Tehran has been summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry once again over the renewed insult against the Holy Quran in that country.
Kanaani said on Sunday that the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Danish ambassador to convey the Islamic Republic’s protest over the desecration of the Holy Quran in Copenhagen.
He said that Iran has criticized the passive stance adopted by the Danish governments regarding such provocative acts.
Prior to this, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Denmark had strongly condemned the continued hateful acts of desecration of the Holy Quran in the country.
“The Embassy is bewildered by the inaction by Danish authorities to stop the incessant propagation of hate in the form of hate and xenophobic speeches, insults to the Holy Quran, and serious impairment of normal functioning of Muslim Embassies in Copenhagen,” the Embassy said in a Monday statement issued in Copenhagen.
“The continuation of insults to the Holy Quran continues despite OIC, representing 57 Muslim countries, calling on Denmark to act swiftly to end this blatant insults to the Muslims worldwide,” the statement added.
Far-right Islamophobes burned copies of the holy Quran in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen last week, marking yet another anti-Islam act in Denmark.
It came after similar acts of insult against Islamic sanctities in neighboring Sweden, which caused an international outcry and prompted the governments of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE and Lebanon to slam the insults and downgrade their diplomatic ties with Stockholm.
