Norway reverses permission for a protest on Quran, Turkish foreign minister says

Supporters of the Muslim Women League'' group take part in a rally to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands, in Lahore, Pakistan on January 29, 2023. Norway reversed its permission to hold a protest involving Quran burning after a warning from T rkiye, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on February 2, 2023. PHOTO AP ANKARA Norway reversed its permission for a protest involving Quran burning after a warning from T rkiye, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

You can see what happened in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. In Norway, the same thing was going to happen. The Norwegian ambassador was summoned today. They withdrew the permission they granted, Cavusoglu said at a press conference.

He said that hate is not the freedom of expression.

The Turkish minister said Finland has also cancelled the permission.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Norwegian ambassador to ask Oslo to prevent a planned Quran protest in the Nordic country.

Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark have seen protests involving the burning or tearing of the Quran in the past few weeks, triggering a backlash from T rkiye.

T rkiye has threatened not to approve Sweden's NATO bid after protests against the Turkish president and the burning of a copy of the Quran in Stockholm.