Iraq: Muslims assault Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Quran burnt in Sweden

A day after an ex-Muslim Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika residing in Sweden lit a number of pages of the Quran on hearth in entrance of a mosque in Stockholm, a whole lot of Moqtada Sadr’s followers broke into the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. Moqtada Sadr is a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric. After about quarter-hour of heated protests, the gathering of Muslims began to disperse as tight safety was put in place. The Quran was burnt in Sweden on June 28. The violent assault on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad came about on June 29.

The protesting Muslims’ pamphlets had the phrase, “Our constitution is the Quran.” “Yes, yes to the Quran,” was one other assertion spray-painted on the embassy compound’s gate.

The protesters initially gathered outdoors the embassy in response to al-Sadr’s name for the Swedish ambassador to be expelled, which echoed fury in different Muslim nations over the Quran’s blazing in Stockholm on Wednesday.

After the influential cleric stated this is able to be “the best way to provoke” individuals who assist Quran burnings, Al-Sadr’s followers additionally set hearth to rainbow flags that stand for LGBT individuals.

The international ministry of Stockholm acknowledged that it was “well informed about the situation” in an announcement. Sweden cleared that every one its diplomatic personnel in Iraq are safe.

On June 28, just a few pages of the Quran had been lit on hearth in entrance of Stockholm’s largest mosque by Salwan Momika, 37, who escaped from Iraq to Sweden some years in the past. In accordance with the suitable to free expression, the police had given him particular permission for the protest after a courtroom struck down a police order prohibiting such protests. According to the international ministry of Iraq, such actions would merely “inflame” the feelings of Muslims all around the world.

#Sweden: Salwan Momika, who burned the Qu’ran in Sweden, got here to Sweden as a refugee from Iraq.
Salwan, says that essentially the most harmful e-book for humanity is Qu’ran and should be banned. He places Pig meat within the e-book, kicked it and burnt it.

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Salwan Momika stated late on Thursday that he’ll repeat the protest regardless of the opposition. He stated, “Within 10 days I will burn the Iraqi flag and the Quran in front of Iraq’s embassy in Stockholm.”

The Swedish Quran burning episode, which occurred similtaneously the Muslim competition of Eid al-Adha and the conclusion of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, was adopted by outrage all through the Middle East and past.