Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.

With anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment widespread, there have been more than 500 demonstrations in Denmark in recent months, Mr. Hummelgaard said, including some where the Quran was burned.

The Quran burners are helped in their efforts to inflame by Muslim leaders who find their own reasons to stoke the outrage. Experts linked the storming of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad last month ...