Hundreds of people staged a protest in Muslim-majority Pakistan on Tuesday to voice outrage over the torching of the Koran in Sweden over the weekend. Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan on Saturday set fire to a copy of the Islamic holy book in front of Turkey’s embassy in the Swedish capital, stoking the anger of Ankara […]
Hundreds of people staged a protest in Muslim-majority Pakistan on Tuesday to voice outrage over the torching of the Koran in Sweden over the weekend. Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan on Saturday set fire to a copy of the Islamic holy book in front of Turkey's embassy in the Swedish capital, stoking the anger of Ankara…
Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan on Saturday set fire to a copy of the Islamic holy book in front of Turkey’s embassy in the Swedish capital, stoking the anger of Ankara which said it would not support the Scandinavian country’s bid for NATO membership. Furious that Paludan was allowed by police to carry out the protest, Ankara cancelled a visit by Sweden’s defence minister and summoned Stockholm’s ambassador.
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