2023-01-28T13:52:16.000000 Z / A group of Christian legislators in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday condemned the burning of Islams holy book, Quran, by a Swedish extremist near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm last week.In a joint interview with members of the Christian bloc in the Iraqi parliament, lawmaker Faruq Hanna explained the Qurans desecration as a disgraceful act and completely alien to human morality and values .

Such cheap deeds neither represent the teachings of Jesus Christ nor the habits of the Christians in general, and the Christians in the East in specific, he continued.

Hanna accused the extremist groups and individuals who commit such acts of promoting hate, division, and alienation speech, and endangering the civil peace of the people.

We, the Christian members of the Iraqi parliament, highly condemn this shameful act of torching the Quran, and urge the Iraqi individuals to shun hatred and department, he concluded.

Rasmus Paludan, an anti-Islam activist on Friday burned two copies of the Quran in a singular protest in Denmarks capital of Copenhagen.He burned one in front of a mosque and another in front of the Turkish embassy, and vowed to do so every Friday up until Sweden is confessed into NATO.Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, likewise staged a Quran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21.

On Friday, protests were held in several mainly Muslim nations to knock Paludans demonstration in Sweden on January 21 and a similar event in the Netherlands last week.