AMMAN: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has denounced the burning of a copy of the Qur’an in the Danish capital Copenhagen, reported Jordan News Agency on Saturday.
Citing a statement issued by the ministry, Jordan described the Qur’an burning incident as an “act of hatred and a manifestation of Islamophobia and inciting violence and disrespecting religions.”
The ministry further stressed its rejection and denunciation of irresponsible behavior that provoke Muslims’ feelings, fuel hatred, and threaten peaceful coexistence.
The recurrence of such racist acts and behaviors, it added, oblige the international community to address and ban them, pass laws that criminalize and prevent insulting religious symbols and sanctities, work to spread a culture of peace and acceptance of the other, raise awareness of the values of common respect, enrich the values of harmony and tolerance, and reject extremism, fanaticism and incitement to hatred.
On Friday, the extreme right group Danske Patrioter posted on its Facebook page a video of a man burning what seemed to be a Qur’an and trampling an Iraqi flag.
Copenhagen’s police deputy chief, Trine Fisker, said that “not more than a handful” of protesters had gathered Friday across from the Iraqi Embassy.
“I can also confirm there was a book burnt. We do not know which book it was,” she said.
Jordan condemns Qur’an burning in Denmark
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Jordan condemns Qur’an burning in Denmark
- Jordan described the incident as an “act of hatred and a manifestation of Islamophobia and inciting violence and disrespecting religions”
- The Foreign Affairs Ministry stressed its rejection of irresponsible behaviors that provoke Muslims’ feelings and fuel hatred
