Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran burnings amid Afghanistan, Malaysia protests

People marching towards the Dutch embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 27 to protest against a Dutch far-right leader who tore out pages of the Quran. - AFP

ISTANBUL, Jan 27, 2023 (AFP): Turkey has summoned Denmark's ambassador to condemn Copenhagen for allowing a far-right extremist to burn Qurans over Ankara's refusal to let Sweden and Finland join NATO.

Anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan, a Danish-Swedish dual national, first burnt a copy of the Muslim holy book near a mosque in the Danish capital and then a second copy outside the Turkish embassy.