Iraq condemns Sweden for allowing Koran burning

BAGHDAD, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned Swedish authorities for allowing the burning of the Muslim holy book Quran on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Islam's major religious holiday.

"Iraq condemns and condemns the Swedish authorities' permission for an extremist to burn a copy of the Holy Quran in a way that seriously offends the religious sacred values," the ministry said in a statement.

These events will inflame the emotions of Muslims around the world and constitute a "dangerous provocation" for them, the ministry added, appealing to the international community to take responsibility, put an end to such unacceptable acts, reject all forms of hatred and extremism and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr also called a demonstration in front of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and called on the government to expel the Swedish ambassador, according to the report by the official Iraqi news agency.

In Sweden's capital Stockholm, a person identified as Salwan Momika of Iraqi origin tore up and burned a copy of the Koran in the presence of police in front of Stockholm's mosque on Wednesday, according to Turkish media.

Momika, who came in front of the Stockholm Mosque on Medbargareplatsen, threw the Koran on the ground in front of the mosque, stepped on it, uttered insulting words against Islam and set it on fire despite the reactions of those around them, Momika said. reports the media.

Swedish police later charged the man with incitement against a ethnic group or national group.

Faiq Zaidane, the head of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, said in a statement on Thursday that he had instructed the General Prosecutor's Office to prepare the legal procedures to request the extradition of the "extremist" of Iraqi origin and to prosecute him in accordance with Iraqi law.

Swedish police have recently rejected some applications for protests against the Koran, but Swedish courts overruled the police's decision, saying they violated freedom of expression.


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