Bahrain's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a statement that called the Florida Koran burning a "shameful act which is incompatible with the principles of tolerance and coexistence."
The Associated Press reported that the Sept. 9 denouncement is among the first official denunciations in the Arab world against the planned torching of the Koran by the pastor of a small church in Gainesville, Fla.
Bahrain, meanwhile, came under fire from Amnesty International on the same day for blocking freedom of expression.
The country is more than 80 percent Muslim according to the the CIA World Factbook.