Head of Far-Right Pegida Group Desecrates Quran in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM (IQNA) - The head of the Dutch chapter of the far-right 'Pegida' group desecrated a copy of the Holy Quran in yet another sacrilegious act against Islam’s holy sanctities.

Edwin Wagensveld ripped a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish, Pakistani, and Indonesian embassies in the Hague on Saturday and insulted Islam and Muslims.

He trampled on and tore up a copy of the Quran, thanking the Dutch police for protecting him during his acts of Quran desecration.

In late July, two men set fire to a copy of the Quran in front of the Swedish parliament, and similar incidents have taken place in Denmark this year.

Such demonstrations have provoked anger and sometimes unrest in several Muslim countries.

Source: Agencies