LONDON - The United Kingdom (UK) government said it denies entry to the far-right Danish-Swedish political activist Rasmus Paludan, who said he plans to burn the Quran in a public square in the English town of Wakefield this week.

Wakefield Labour MP Simon Lightwood asked the Home Office Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat if the UK government will prevent Paludan from entering the country during a session in parliament on Monday.

"Far-right Islamophobic Danish politician Rasmus Paludan said he's going to travel from Denmark to Wakefield for the sole purpose of burning a Quran in a public place," Lightwood said at the House of Commons. Tugendhat, minister of state for security, said that Paludan would be barred from entering the country.

"Now I inform the house that Mr Paludan has been added to the warnings index and therefore, his travel to the United Kingdom would not be conducive with the public good, and he will not be allowed access," Tugendhat said. Paludan's efforts to burn the Quran would likely be considered a hate crime under UK law.

The Crown Prosecution Service guidelines describe a hate crime as: "Any incident/crime which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race."