The burning of a copy of the Holy Quran on Edwin Waghensfeld, a spokesman for the right -wing “Begida” movement in the Netherlands, sparked a wave of anger and condemnation, and widespread discontent in the political and popular circles in the Netherlands.
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Edwin Waghendsfield was known for his extremist anti -Islam stances, and this work coincided with controversial statements in which he claimed that burning the Holy Qur’an came in response to what he described as “increasing pressure” after the incident of the previous Israeli flag, according to Sky News.
Dutch parliamentarian, Ismail Abbasi, described the incident as a “explicit incitement to hate,” noting that the burning of the Qur’an represented an attack on the dignity of more than a million people.
For her part, Dutch journalist Annette de Grave criticized the actions of Waghendsfield and described it as “cowardly”, and added that the Amsterdam municipality should take responsibility for facilitating this act; The mayor of Amsterdam’s mayor, Falaka Halsma, claims public answers to this event, especially as she had previously condemned the burning of the Israeli flag.
It is noteworthy that this incident is not the first for Vagenfield, as he previously announced his intention to organize a demonstration on March 20 in Arnhim under the slogan “Islam is not better than Nazism”, before a session that was scheduled to be held to try.
