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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - AUG. 25: Muslims protested the attacks on the Holy Quran in The Hague, Netherlands on Saturday (Aug. 26).A large group of Muslims gathered in Malieveld Square for the protest, organized by various Islamic organizations.They carried banners saying "The Qur'an gives us light to guide us, fire cannot burn the Sun", "I love the Qur'an" and marched to the Danish and Swedish embassies.The demonstrators also chanted slogans saying “Stop burning our book and scriptures,” and “Shame on the Danish and Swedish government.”During the protest, young Muslim man recited Quran and others accompanied him by chanting takbirs and salawat.Stressing that the attacks on the Quran in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands hurt Muslims, Serdar Isik spokesperson of the group, said tearing the Quran with police protection is a racist act.- Provocative acts in Sweden, DenmarkSweden and Denmark have met a wide range of criticism over allowing public desecration of the Quran that is being held under police protection.Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, continued to burn copies of the Quran in Swedish cities of Malmo, Norrkoping, and Jonkoping as well as in the capital Stockholm during the Easter holiday last year.On Jan. 21, he burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Sweden and on Jan. 27, outside of the Turkish Embassy in Denmark.Iraqi-born refugee Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Muslim holy book outside a mosque in the Swedish capital of Stockholm on Jan. 28, during Eid al-Adha, one of the major Islamic religious festivals celebrated by Muslims worldwide.On July 20, outside the Iraqi Embassy in Sweden, he threw a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag on the ground and stepped on them. He later burned a Quran outside of the Swedish parliament on July 31.(Footage by Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)