Sweden

Thousands of people took part in protests across Muslim majority nations on Friday after a second incident in Sweden involving the desecration of the Qur’an.

The episode left the Swedish government apologetic and fearing that the outrage in the Middle East may delay Turkey lifting its veto on Sweden’s membership of Nato.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had said at the Nato summit in Vilnius that he would recommend the Turkish parliament ratify Sweden’s application, ending Turkey’s year-long veto, but on returning from a trip from the Gulf he merely said Turkish ratification was contingent on the steps taken by Sweden.

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee who burned Quran 2 weeks ago, has burned another copy of Quran today.
Salwan has also burned the Iraqi flag.
He tore up the Quran and then burned it.
His protests are due to his belief that the Quran promotes terrorism 🤷🏼‍♀️
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— Ashlea Simon (@AshleaSimonBF) July 20, 2023

The man who vowed to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, said Saturday he had chosen not to set fire to the religious scriptures, Swedish media have reported.

Despite being given permission by Stockholm police to hold a three-person protest, the man said he had no intention of burning any books and instead threw a lighter to the ground.

“I never thought I would burn any books. I’m a Muslim, we don’t burn,” broadcaster SVT cited the man as telling those gathered for the planned desecration.

“I’m a Muslim, we don’t burn” – Bullshit.

He probably gave up upon realizing no one was going to riot.

A Swedish comedian has been receiving death threats on social media after he made a joke about recent controversial protests that involved burning the Quran, wrote the local Nyheter Idag on Monday, July 10th. Although the object of mockery was the typical Swedish mentality, and not Islam or the act itself, the Muslim community’s reaction was volatile, reminiscent of the turmoil caused by the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy nearly two decades ago.

The comedian Fredrik Andersson posted the segment of his new show on Friday, during which he made fun of how law-abiding Swedes behave, even when preparing for a protest.

Sweden is a monument to European naivete that believes open immigration of Muslims can lead to integration with post-Christians.

“Free Derry” is a famous area that declared itself “autonomous” in Northern Ireland’s second city between 1969 and 1972. The term originates from the writing painted on the wall of a building:

“You are now entering Free Derry”. The name derives from its status as a “closed” area (no-go area) to British forces (British and Protestants called it Londonderry).
Who would have thought, fifty years later, that there would be other “no-go areas” in Europe?

President Erdogan of Turkey has vowed to teach “arrogant westerners” a lesson as he condemned Sweden for allowing the public burning of a copy of the Quran outside the central mosque in Stockholm.

The stunt by an Iraqi national has prompted condemnation from across the Islamic world. Protesters massed outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, while Morocco and Jordan followed Russia in recalling their ambassadors from Sweden.

Two men stood outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday and burned a Quran, following the go-ahead given by a Swedish court, to coincide with the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

The man who had requested permission for the action, a 30-year-old Iraqi refugee who wants the book banned, tore out pages from the Quran, wiped them on his shoe and set some of them on fire, Swedish public broadcaster SVT said.

Around 200 people gathered to watch, including counterprotesters. One man was detained after he tried to throw a rock.

Two people have been seen kicking and ripping the Quran in central Stockholm after Sweden allowed the burning of the Quran.
One of the two people that took part in this is an Iraqi refugee named Salwan Momika who was charged after his act.pic.twitter.com/dJBcgeKL48 https://t.co/djXxJURcud

— Information Worldwide (@InfoEarthwide) June 28, 2023

STOCKHOLM — A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn the Quran earlier this year.

A burning of Islam’s holy book outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm in January sparked anger in the Muslim world, leading to weeks of protests and calls for a boycott of Swedish goods, and further stalled Sweden’s NATO membership bid.