An unknown man set fire to a Koran in Beloye Ozero, east of Moscow, and the police are currently looking for the offender. The encounter was captured on film which was found by the police during network surveillance, TASS reports. Ramzan Kadyrov called the incident a "provocation".
In reaction to the destruction of the sacred book, the police are launching a large-scale search to discover and capture the perpetrator. A mosque was intended to be built in the area where the event occurred, but the mayor of the city has subsequently revealed plans to build a smaller mosque at a different site.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has labeled the burning of the Koran a provocation and pledged to pursue the offender. Chechen officials are collaborating with the Federal Security Service (FSS) and Moscow City Hall to find the individual in charge of the video. Kadyrov added that he is looking into the incident and that whoever is guilty would face appropriate punishment.
Similar events have occurred in other European nations such as Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark, sparking significant demonstrations and diplomatic problems. Rasmus Paludan's burning of the Koran in Stockholm, for example, sparked protests in Turkey and claims that Sweden was not assisting Turkey in its battle against terrorism.
Meanwhile, in support of Paludan, the head of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) in the Netherlands, Edwin Wagensveld, burned a Koran in front of the Dutch House of Representatives. These occurrences demonstrate the divisiveness and tensions regarding Islam and its adherents in many regions of Europe.
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