RIYADH, July 22 (KUNA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemned Saturday the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by an extremist group in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark.
A statement from the Ministry expressed the Kingdom's dissatisfaction with the failure of the Danish authorities to take the necessary measures to prevent incidents of encroachment on Islamic sanctities, the latest of which was what an extremist group did with Holy Quran copy, and raising slogans of hatred and racism in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Copenhagen. The Kingdom warns against repeating these provocative actions against the feelings of millions of Muslims in a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, according to the statement. This despicable incident in Denmark comes after two incidents in Sweden, the first in front of the Stockholm mosque on the first day of Eid al-Adha and the second in front of the Iraqi embassy last Friday, which resulted in many strongly worded statements of condemnation and denunciation by Islamic countries and organizations. (end) kns.ara