A rally in Iraq's central shrine city of Kufa denouncing the holy book's burning in Sweden, July 21, 2023. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The ministry said national police found it necessary to maintain the temporarily intensified security at the border, based on a recommendation from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET). Initially introduced on August 3 for one week, the tighter control of borders with Sweden and Germany will remain in effect until next Thursday.

In recent weeks, incidents in which copies of the holy book of Islam were either burned or desecrated by anti-Islam protestors have occurred in Denmark and Sweden.

The acts sparked angry demonstrations in the Muslim community. Several countries summoned Danish and Swedish envoys to protest the Koran burnings.

The Danish and Swedish governments have condemned the burnings and are considering new laws to discourage such acts.