Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard says under the proposed legislation, offenders will face fines and jail terms upto two years.
Denmark and Sweden have seen a string of incidents where copies of the Quran have been burned, sparkıng outrage in Muslim countries. Photo: AP Archive
The Danish government has said it is proposing legislation that would make it illegal to burn copies of the Quran in public places, part of the Nordic country's effort to de-escalate growing tensions with several Muslim countries, including Türkiye. "The government will propose legislation that prohibits the inappropriate handling of objects with essential religious significance for a religious community," Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard told a press conference on Friday.
"The proposal will thus make it punishable to, for example, in public burn a Quran, Bible or Torah," he said.The announcement came a day after the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d'affaires of Denmark in Ankara over another act of desecration of Islam's holy book. The move came after the burning of the Quran in Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, for the fourth day in a row this week. Türkiye has so far summoned the Danish envoy five times this month over the same issue.
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