Muslim international locations enraged, protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad

Muslim international locations have strongly criticized Wednesday’s Koran burning in Sweden.

Swedish the selection to permit the burning of the Koran in an illustration based on freedom of expression has aroused strong complaint and competition in Muslim countries, in keeping with the information organisation AFP and the British Broadcasting Corporation, amongst others BBC.

On Wednesday, a 37-yr-antique guy protested in front of Stockholm’s biggest mosque tearing up and burning the Koranthe Muslim holy e book.

Thursday In Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, protesters quickly stormed the Swedish embassy.

 

 

Iraqi protection forces guarded the gate of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday after protesters stormed the building. Picture: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP

Among others, Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia have warned that burning the Koran will “cause outrage” amongst Muslims everywhere in the international.

Syria referred to as the act “shameful”, and Palestine “a flagrant attack on human rights, tolerance, popularity of others, democracy and the non violent coexistence of all religions”.

Morocco, alternatively, reacted to the incident by using recalling its ambassador from Sweden and the Swedish price d’affaires in Rabat, pointing out that the cause turned into “repeated provocations that were done beneath the complacent eyes of the Swedish government”.

On Thursday nighttime, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that it had invited the Swedish ambassador for an interview. At the equal time, the ministry stated that it condemns “the Swedish government’s permission to an extremist to burn a copy of the Holy Koran”.

Also President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the burning of the Koran in robust phrases.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the burning of the Koran in Sweden. The two nations are meant to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership subsequent week. Picture: UMIT BEKTAS / Reuters

“In the give up, we can train boastful Westerners that insulting Muslims is not freedom of notion,” Erdoğan stated, in step with the news business enterprise.

Turkey and Sweden are supposed to speak about Sweden’s NATO club subsequent week in Brussels.

The burning of the Koran has been considered in particular offensive because of its timing, as Wednesday marked one of the most critical holidays in Islamic tradition, Id al-Adha.

Correction 29.6. At 18:04: The photograph of Baghdad changed into taken on Thursday. The caption mistakenly pointed out Wednesday.