A group calling itself 'Danish Patriots' carried out this Tuesday a new burning of a copy of the Koran in Copenhagen (Denmark), in front of the Egyptian embassy, according to Arab media.. This is the third incident of this nature that has occurred in the Danish capital in the last week.

The day before, the same group had burned another copy in front of the Iraqi embassy, which led to harsh diplomatic tensions and disorder in Baghdad.

In Sweden, there were two Koran burnings last month, also sparking tensions. In Baghdad a group of protesters violently entered the Swedish embassy and set it on fire.

Also in Yemen, thousands of protesters staged a protest in Sana'a against Sweden and Denmark for allowing anti-Islamic activists to desecrate and burn copies of the Muslim holy book in Stockholm and Copenhagen.

Diplomatic relations, in tension

Iraq had called on Monday the countries of the European Union to “review the so-called freedom of opinion and demonstration.” Other Muslim-majority countries, such as Iran and Turkey, have also condemned the burning of the Koran.

For its part, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Swedish charge d'affaires in Cairo on Tuesday to express the African country's “strong condemnation and total rejection” of “the unfortunate and repeated” burnings of the Koran that have taken place in recent days in Stockholm.

“Egypt had previously warned of the dangerous and negative repercussions of repeating these events, which contribute to the growth of Islamophobia,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Egyptian department's statement, allowing such acts “causes an increase in hate speech, extremism and encourages the destruction of civilized communication between the peoples and societies of the world.”

He also pointed out that the burning of the Koran “in no way represents the right to freedom of expression”, since it must “not offend the beliefs of others or desecrate their sanctities”.

In the same way, the Swedish diplomat was informed of the “need” for the authorities of Sweden and other European countries “to take measures to prevent such unfortunate incidents from being repeated” and asked that those responsible for these acts “be held accountable.”