Saudi Arabia summons Danish envoy to protest desecration of the Quran by an extreme-right group in Copenhagen, state media reports
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have called for an extraordinary meeting of the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to address Quran desecration in both Sweden and Denmark.
During a meeting on Thursday with the Danish charge d'affaires, foreign ministry officials delivered a protest note urging an end to"these disgraceful acts", the official Saudi Press Agency said on Friday. The far-right group Danske Patrioter on Monday posted a video in which a man is seen desecrating and burning what appeared to be the Muslim holy book.Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holy cities Mecca and Medina, has also denounced a vile attack by a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee who last month burned pages of the Quran outside Stockholm's main mosque.
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