Rasmus Paludan

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has condemned in the strongest terms the Islamophobic act of extremist Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan in burning ...

"Malaysia denounces the repeated hate crimes targeting Muslims in the world as well as all forms of incitement to hatred and the fanning of racism in word or deed and views with grave concern the rising tide of hate speech on account of faith or ethnicity," he said in a statement today. Anwar said Malaysia reiterates the paramount importance of upholding the principles of dialogue, engagement and mutual respect in the settlement of disputes. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia also urged the Swedish government to take urgent measures against the perpetrators of the vile act as well as ensure drastic steps in the future to address the alarming rise of Islamophobia in the country.

The demonstration was carried out by a Swedish far-right politician, Rasmus Paludan, in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm yesterday.

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Islamophobic act of the extremist Swedish-Danish far-right politician was a grave provocation to Muslims all ...

Paludan has held a number of demonstrations in the past where he has burned the Quran, including in April last year. Anwar's statement came following the burning of the Quran by Paludan in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday (Jan 21). "Malaysia also views with grave concern the rising tide of hate speech on account of faith or ethnicity," he said in a statement Sunday (Jan 22).

Malaysia denounces the provocative act of Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan in burning a copy of the holy Quran in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Muslims consider the Quran the word of God and torching it a major offense in Islam. The Saudi Foreign Ministry also noted “the importance of spreading the values of dialogue, tolerance, and coexistence, and rejecting hatred and extremism.” Sweden and Finland asked to join NATO after the Russian invasion of Ukraine – something Turkey opposes, as it accuses Sweden of not doing enough to contain what it calls "Kurdish terrorism."

STOCKHOLM: Rasmus Paludan (born 2 January 1982) is a Danish-Swedish politician, lawyer and far-right extremist. He is the.

In April 2022, Paludan again organised and announced several demonstrations in major Swedish cities, where he burned or said that he would burn the Quran. Police fired a warning shot, but the assailant did not lay down his weapon, whereupon police opened fire and wounded the assailant in the leg. Paludan has held several events in which the Quran was burned, leading to counter-protests, some marked by violence and burning of cars.

Rasmus Paludan, a far-right politician and extremist is the head of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party in Denmark. The Quran was burned during many of his ...

Turkey accuses the Swedish government of allowing the rally to take place in Stolkholm. During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Paludan's announcement of a Quran burning "tour" in April of last year caused riots throughout Sweden. Following demonstrations in front of its embassy in Stockholm that included the burning of a Quran by far-right sympathisers and a separate rally by Kurdish activists, Turkey chastised Sweden.