Iraqis in new protest near Sweden embassy over Koran burning
Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Koran burning outside a Stockholm
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Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Koran burning outside a Stockholm
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UAE summons Swedish envoy to protest against govt permission to extremists burning Quran
Morocco has called back its ambassador and diplomatic officer to Sweden after protesters burnt an Islamic divine scripture, Qur’an outside Stockholm’s main mosque on Wednesday. Reacting to the incident, the North African country condemned the act, which occurred with the start of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha, as “offensive and irresponsible.”
Iraqi protesters breached Sweden's embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, angered by a Quran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked condemnation across the Muslim world.