This was reported by URA.RU with reference to the statement.

“The burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden is not just a provocation, it is an insult to Muslims around the world.

This is blasphemy,” they said.

The muftis also expressed their hope that the practice of such immoral and provocative manifestations would be stopped in Europe.

Earlier, the leader of the far-right Hard Deal party, Rasmus Paludan, burned the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

Previously, he received permission from the authorities to hold the action.

On January 22, protesters in Turkey burned the flag of Sweden outside the country's Consulate General in Istanbul in response to a provocation with the Koran in Stockholm.