AMMAN: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has denounced the burning of a copy of the Qur’an in the Danish capital Copenhagen, reported Jordan News Agency on Saturday.
Citing a statement issued by the ministry, Jordan described the Qur’an burning incident as an “act of hatred and a manifestation of Islamophobia and inciting violence and disrespecting religions.”
The ministry further stressed its rejection and denunciation of irresponsible behavior that provoke Muslims’ feelings, fuel hatred, and threaten peaceful coexistence.
The recurrence of such racist acts and behaviors, it added, oblige the international community to address and ban them, pass laws that criminalize and prevent insulting religious symbols and sanctities, work to spread a culture of peace and acceptance of the other, raise awareness of the values of common respect, enrich the values of harmony and tolerance, and reject extremism, fanaticism and incitement to hatred.
On Friday, the extreme right group Danske Patrioter posted on its Facebook page a video of a man burning what seemed to be a Qur’an and trampling an Iraqi flag.
Copenhagen’s police deputy chief, Trine Fisker, said that “not more than a handful” of protesters had gathered Friday across from the Iraqi Embassy.
“I can also confirm there was a book burnt. We do not know which book it was,” she said.
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Jordan condemns Qur’an burning in Denmark
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Jordan condemns Qur’an burning in Denmark
- Jordan described the incident as an “act of hatred and a manifestation of Islamophobia and inciting violence and disrespecting religions”
- The Foreign Affairs Ministry stressed its rejection of irresponsible behaviors that provoke Muslims’ feelings and fuel hatred
Oman navy rescues crew of ship hit by missiles in Hormuz Strait
- Vessel was en route from the UAE’s Ghantoot port to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they had ‘complete control’ over the vital waterway
MUSCAT: The Omani navy rescued 24 crew members of a Malta-flagged container ship struck by missiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, state media said, as Iran pressed its Gulf retaliation campaign.
The cargo ship was “hit by two missiles” and Oman’s royal navy rescued its “crew of 24 people” who are now in good health, the Oman News Agency said.
Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the ship was two nautical miles north of Oman, “transiting eastbound in the Straits of Hormuz” when it was “hit by an unknown projectile just above the water line causing a fire in the engine room.”
Private maritime security agency Vanguard Tech said the vessel was the Malta-flagged Safeen Prestige. Information from shipping activity tracker Marine Traffic shows the vessel was en route from the UAE’s Ghantoot port to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
It was the fourth reported attack in regional waters within 24 hours, after projectiles struck or landed near three other vessels off the Emirati and Omani coasts.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday said they had “complete control” over the vital waterway, through which around 20 percent of global seaborne oil passes, and warned that any vessels seeking to pass risked damage from missiles or stray drones.
With energy prices already spiking, US President Donald Trump had said the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through the crucial shipping route.
The cargo ship was “hit by two missiles” and Oman’s royal navy rescued its “crew of 24 people” who are now in good health, the Oman News Agency said.
Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the ship was two nautical miles north of Oman, “transiting eastbound in the Straits of Hormuz” when it was “hit by an unknown projectile just above the water line causing a fire in the engine room.”
Private maritime security agency Vanguard Tech said the vessel was the Malta-flagged Safeen Prestige. Information from shipping activity tracker Marine Traffic shows the vessel was en route from the UAE’s Ghantoot port to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
It was the fourth reported attack in regional waters within 24 hours, after projectiles struck or landed near three other vessels off the Emirati and Omani coasts.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday said they had “complete control” over the vital waterway, through which around 20 percent of global seaborne oil passes, and warned that any vessels seeking to pass risked damage from missiles or stray drones.
With energy prices already spiking, US President Donald Trump had said the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through the crucial shipping route.
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