Germany Kutuk Aksi Burns Al Quran Di Sweden, Wagne: Provocation Yang Menggerak Percabuhan

Germany condemns the division of the Koran in Sweden. (photo: dock. inter)

JAKARTA - German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner on Monday January 23 condemned the burning of copies of the Al Quran in Sweden. "We condemn the actions (actions) during the weekend. It was disrespectful and very inappropriate, and we also doubt that this action represents the majority view of the Swedish people," Wagner told media representatives in Berlin. He called the action of the leader of Denmark's right-wing party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, who burned a copy of the Al Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, January 21 as a "provocation aimed at fueling divisions". The criticism continues to flow from all over the Arab world and Islam over the burning of the copy of the Islamic holy book. Turkey's Foreign Ministry condemned the burning of Al Quran in Stockholm as a "rious attack."

"We strongly condemn the heinous attack on our holy book, the Al-Quran, in Sweden today although we have repeatedly warned before," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, January 21. Responding to permission from the Swedish government for the incident, Ankara canceled Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson's visit to Turkey. International Muslim scholarly unions also asked Muslim countries to summon Swedish ambassadors to demand an apology from the Swedish government for the incident.