Dutch far-right leader Edwin Wagensveld tears pages out of the Quran near parliament
Wagensveld has a history of being arrested on two previous occasions because of anti-Muslim sentiments. He was arrested in a recent public demonstration that took place in October.
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Amsterdam, Jan 25: Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands, tore pages out of a copy of Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. Without any intervention of the police, Wagensveld claimed that he was given permission by the local authorities to do so.
“It is about freedom of expression and I think that should be possible in the Netherlands,” Wagensveld said in a video posted on the site of Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. Tearing a page of the Quran, Wagensveld said, "Soon, there will be registrations for similar actions in several cities, time to answer disrespect from Islam with disrespect."
🔴 Kur'an-ı Kerim'e bir saldırı daha: İslam karşıtı örgüt PEGIDA'nın lideri Edwin Wagensveld, Hollanda'nın Lahey şehrinde polis gözetimi altında Kur'an sayfalarını yırtıp çiğnedi. pic.twitter.com/wSXKFoizo4
— Daily Islamist (@dailyislamist) January 23, 2023
Wagensveld has a history of being arrested on two previous occasions because of anti-Muslim sentiments. He was arrested in a recent public demonstration that took place in October, with a small group of PEGIDA supporters in Rotterdam where he had attempted to burn the Quran.
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In an earlier incident that took place on Saturday (Jan 24), a far-right anti-Islam activist burned the Quran outside Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Turkey strongly condemned the act and Sweden for allowing the demonstration, with Erdogan declaring Sweden shouldn’t expect Turkey’s support for its NATO bid.