Danish far-right leader banned from UK over threat to burn Quran in Wakefield

A Danish far-right person has been barred from the UK aft threatening to pain a transcript of the Quran successful Wakefield.

Security curate Tom Tugendhat said Rasmus Paludan, laminitis of the anti-Islam enactment Stram Kurs, had been added to the UK's migration watchlist.

Mr Paludan had said helium planned to pain the spiritual substance successful a nationalist quadrate successful the West Yorkshire metropolis this week.

In a video posted to Twitter connected Sunday, Mr Paludan said helium would question to the metropolis to "fight back" against "undemocratic forces".

He claimed helium intended to pain the Quran connected Wednesday to coincide with the commencement of Ramadan.

Mr Paludan has held respective erstwhile protests successful which the Islamic substance was burned, with immoderate starring to convulsive counter-demonstrations.

In January helium burned a transcript of the Quran extracurricular the Turkish embassy successful Stockholm.

The information curate told the House of Commons astir his involution aft Simon Lightwood, the Labour MP for Wakefield, raised concerns connected Monday astir Mr Paludan's imaginable visit.

Mr Lightwood said: "Far-right Islamophic Danish person Rasmus Paludan said helium is going to question from Denmark to Wakefield for the sole intent of burning a Quran successful a nationalist place.

"Mr Paludan was antecedently jailed successful Denmark for his hateful and racist statements. He is simply a unsafe antheral that should not beryllium allowed into this country.

"Can the location caput guarantee maine and my assemblage that the authorities is taking enactment to forestall this?"

Mr Tugendhat said Mr Paludan had been added to to the UK's warnings index.

He added: "His question to the United Kingdom would not beryllium conducive with the nationalist bully and helium volition not beryllium allowed access."

Four pupils were suspended from Wakefield's Kettlethorpe High School successful February aft a Year 10 pupil brought successful a Quran, reportedly arsenic portion of a dare.

The screen of the Islamic substance was torn and immoderate pages scuffed, but constabulary concluded nary offences were committed and the school's headteacher said she was satisfied determination was "no malicious intent by those involved".