The perpetrator of the demonstration, Edwin Wagensveld, is facing trial for comments he made during a similar demonstration in January.
Edwin Wagensveld, head of the Netherlands' chapter of the far-right Islamophobic movement Pegida holds up a Quran before tearing up, during a demonstration in front of the Turkish embassy in The Hague. / Photo: AFP
The Dutch government had already condemned the holding of the Islamophobic demonstration on Friday ahead of the event, but said it had no legal powers to prevent it. Some began throwing stones at Wagensveld when he tore up pages from the Quran, the holy book of Islam.
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