Far-right Danish politician burns Muslim holy book

By Davut Colak</p> <p>COPENHAGEN (AA) – Right wing extremist leader of a Danish party on Friday burnt a copy of Muslim holy book to protest people performing weekly prayer in front of Danish parliament.</p> <p>In an attempt to provoke the Muslims’ Friday weekly prayer in front of the Danish parliament — which was organized after legal permissions acquired to protest last week's deadly terror attacks in New Zealand –, a group of extreme right wingers carried Israeli flag and disturbed the Muslim group with air horns during their prayer. </p> <p>Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Stram Kurs — anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic party — tried to provoke people by burning a copy of Quran.</p> <p>The Copenhagen police took intensive security measures and six people were detained.</p> <p>Last Friday, at least 50 Muslims were killed and as many injured when a terrorist — identified as Australian-born Brenton Tarrant, 28, — entered the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and shot worshippers in cold blood, including four children younger than 18.</p> <p>* Writing by Gozde Bayar