Clashes started in Norway at an anti-Islam rally for tearing the Quran

The group Stop Islamisation of Norway (SIAN) had organized an anti-Islam rally in the country’s capital Oslo on Saturday. However, a clash broke out during the protest.

According to details, the anti-Islam rally took place near the parliament building in Norway and was ended way earlier than scheduled.

Many anti-Islam protestors gathered at the protest, banged drums, and chanted “No racists in our streets.”

The clash started after a female member of SIAN ripper pages from the Muslim holy book Quran. As per details, the police used tear gas and pepper spray to keep the rival groups separated.

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According to Norway’s media organization, police had arrested 29 people.

The anti-Islam protest started in the wake of a similar incident in Sweden’s Malmo on Friday, where Muslim protesters clashed with the police after right-wing extremists burned the Quran.

It should be mentioned here that Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard-Line burned a copy of the Quran in Malmo. A riot broke in the city, where at least 300 people had gathered to protest against anti-Islam activities.

The head of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations expressed “unequivocal condemnation of the burning of the Quran by far-right extremists … as despicable and totally unacceptable,”