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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jari Tanner

Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Denmark’s foreign minister said Sunday the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Quran or other religious holy books in front of foreign embassies in the Nordic country.

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with the Danish public broadcaster DR that the burning of holy scriptures “only serves the purpose of creating division in a world that actually needs unity.”

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