The EU’s overseas coverage chief Josef Borrell on Wednesday condemned current Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden.
Burning the Islamic holy e book “is offensive, disrespectful and a clear provocation,” Borrell mentioned in a statement. Diversity and tolerance for spiritual communities are key values of the EU and “expressions of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance have no place” right here, the highest diplomat added.
On Tuesday, a Quran was burned throughout far-right anti-Islam demonstrations in entrance of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen. Sweden and Denmark have witnessed a quantity of current Quran burnings, which infected tensions with Turkey.
“Not everything that is legal is ethical,” Borrell mentioned. Some Quran burnings by far-right protestors had been authorized by police, nevertheless each the Danish and the Swedish governments have condemned the acts.
Last week, demonstrators in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy to protest Quran burning in Sweden. Iraq additionally expelled the Swedish ambassador previous to the burning. Demonstrators in different Muslim-majority nations like Yemen have additionally taken to the streets to protest in opposition to the burnings.
