Turkey summons Danish envoy over Koran-burning protest

Far-right activist Rasmus Paludan speaks on a megaphone in front of a mosque in the Noerrebro area of Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday Jan. 27, 2023 where planned to burn the Quran. Turkey has summoned the Danish ambassador over reports that an anti-Islam activist will be allowed to burn the Quran on Friday during a series of protests in Copenhagen. (Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Turkey has summoned the Danish ambassador and accused Denmark of endorsing a “hate crime” after an anti-Islam activist burned two copies of Islam’s holy book in a solitary protest in Copenhagen.

Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds Danish and Swedish citizenship, had already infuriated Turkey by staging a Koran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21.