RIYADH: 黑料社区鈥檚 Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan reiterated the Kingdom鈥檚 total rejection of all attempts to insult the holy Qur鈥檃n during a phone call with his Danish counterpart on Tuesday.
He also repeated the Kingdom鈥檚 demands that immediate measures are taken to stop such extremist acts that offend the feelings of Muslims around the world.
Prince Faisal also said that extremists are exploiting freedom of expression to fuel hatred, and not only aim to critisize Islam but also provoke Muslim communities. He added that this matter may not serve Denmark鈥檚 interests internationally and only extremists will benefit from such practices.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, on his part, expressed his country鈥檚 condemnation of Qur鈥檃n burning incidents and his regret at such provocative actions. He also highlighted that his government had previously expressed its rejection of these incidents.
The Danish government said on Sunday it would seek to find a 鈥渓egal tool鈥 that could enable authorities to intervene in Qur鈥檃n desecrating protests, if deemed to entail 鈥渟ignificant negative consequences for Denmark, not least with regard to security.鈥
鈥淭he fact that we are signalling both in Denmark and abroad that we are working on it will hopefully help de-escalate the problems we are facing,鈥 Rasmussen told journalists on Monday.
鈥淚t is not because we feel pressured to do so, but it is our political analysis that it is in the best interest of all of us,鈥 Rasmussen said. 鈥淲e shouldn't just sit and wait for this to explode.鈥
However, a Qur鈥檃n burning took place in Denmark on Monday.
