Aghdad Protests News Today

Thursday’s demonstration was called to protest the second planned Quran burning in Sweden in weeks by Shi’ite supporters, after an earlier burning ignited widespread controversy.

Thursday's demonstration was called to protest the second planned Quran burning in Sweden in weeks by Shi'ite supporters, after an earlier burning ignited widespread controversy.

Some of the protesters burned a rainbow-coloured flag representing the LGBTQ2 community outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and chanted "yes, yes to the Qur'an."

Some of the protesters burned a rainbow-coloured flag representing the LGBTQ2 community outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and chanted “yes, yes to the Qur’an.”