Denmark ponders law to ban burning of the Koran in front of embassies

There were protests in Iran over the reported burning of a copy of the Koran in Denmark (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)

Denmark’s foreign minister said on Sunday that the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Koran or other religious holy books in front of foreign embassies in the country.

Foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in an interview with the Danish public broadcaster DR that the burning of holy scriptures “only serves the purpose of creating division in a world that actually needs unity”.