Türkiye will never yield to provocations or threats, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, a day after a copy of the Muslim holy book the Quran was burned in Sweden
"We will eventually teach Western monuments of arrogance that insulting Muslims is not freedom of thought," says Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan referring to recent incidents of Quran desecration in European countries.Erdogan's remarks come a day after an Iraqi national burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, outside a mosque in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. / Photo: AA
"We will eventually teach Western monuments of arrogance that insulting Muslims is not freedom of thought," Erdogan told members of the Justice and Development Party via a video message on Thursday. "As much as those who commit this crime, those who allow it under the guise of freedom of thought, those who turn a blind eye to this baseness will not achieve their goals," the president said.An Iraqi national burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, outside a mosque in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
In February, police refused permission for two Quran burning attempts, citing security concerns, after far-right Danish politician Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm in January.
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