Swedish PM “extremely worried” what could happen if further Quran burnings go ahead
Stockholm, SwedenReuters Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is “extremely worried” about the consequences if more demonstrations go ahead in which the Quran is desecrated, he said on Thursday, amid growing Muslim anger at a series of attacks on Islam’s holy book. Attacks on the Quran in Sweden and Denmark have offended many Muslim countries including […]
Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Quran burning
Baghdad, Iraq/Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador on Thursday in protest at a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm that had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. An Iraqi Government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d’affaires in Sweden, and Iraq’s state […]