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Malaysia condemns desecration of Quran in Netherlands, Sweden

A man holds a copy of the Quran during a protest in front of the Swedish embassy in Kuala Lumpur on January 27, 2023 [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]

Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned “in the strongest terms” the desecration of the Quran by a far-right activist in the Netherlands as demonstrators gathered outside the Swedish and Dutch embassies in Kuala Lumpur to protest the recent destruction of the Quran in both countries.

Friday’s statement from the ministry was aimed at a Dutch far-right leader, Edwin Wagensveld, who tore pages from a Quran and stomped on them near parliament in The Hague on Sunday.

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