Denmark's latest Quran burning sparks more outrage in Iraq and other Muslim nations
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Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.
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Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark
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Denmark's latest Quran burning sparks more outrage in Iraq and other Muslim nations
Iraqi security forces on Saturday dispersed around 1,000 supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr who tried to march to Baghdad's Green Zone housing foreign embassies, believing a Koran had been desecrated in Denmark.
Hundreds of protesters have tried to storm the fortified area that houses foreign embassies and Iraq’s government seat, after reports of a Quran burning.
Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance between freedom of speech and religious sensitivities.
Crowd tries to enter heavily fortified area following reports a Danish ultranationalist group burned a copy of holy book outside the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen
Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen.
Hundreds of protesters tried to storm Baghdad's Green Zone following reports that a copy of the Quran has been burnt in Denmark. Iraqi President Abdel Latif Rashid urged Western nations to stop the "provocations."
Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance between freedom of speech and religious sensitivities.
A small group of protesters has again set fire to Islam's holy book in front of the Iraqi embassy in the Danish capital. A similar incident in Sweden last week unleashed violent protests in Baghdad.
Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.
DUBAI/COPENHAGEN -- Iraq condemned the burning of a copy of the Koran in front of its embassy in Denmark on Monday and said Danish staff at the embassy in Baghdad
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