Man desecrates Quran outside Turkish House in New York
WASHINGTON (AA) – An unidentified person threw a copy of the Quran to the ground and kicked it outside the Turkish House in New York on Friday morning.
The Quran was desecrated at 10:46 a.m. local time (1446 GMT), Anadolu has learned.
Turkish House security personnel immediately intervened and removed the person from the premises, which houses Türkiye’s Consulate General and UN mission.
Officials from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Diplomatic Security Unit (DSS) were informed about the incident.
A video circulating on social media shows a man throwing a book on the ground and trampling on it while shouting, “This is a Quran.”
Several acts of burning Quran in Sweden and Denmark under the pretext of free speech have sparked angry protests in Muslim countries and attacks on diplomatic missions.
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