{"id":103333,"date":"2023-08-26T07:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=103333"},"modified":"2023-08-26T07:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:44:35","slug":"denmark-to-legally-ban-quran-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/103333\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Denmark to legally ban Quran burning\u00a0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Danish government announced on Friday it would propose a law that bans the burning of Quran in public. 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