“With white AirPods in his ears and a cigarette hanging nonchalantly from his mouth, he then desecrated the Quran repeatedly on Wednesday'
Several countries have condemned the burning of the Quran by one Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee who moved to Sweden several years ago.on Thursday where the Muslims gathered to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday.
The refugee seeking to ban the Quran in Sweden also laid a strip of bacon on the holy book and began stamping on it with his foot. Another unidentified man with him spoke to the crowd through a megaphone. Turkey whose support Sweden needs to become part of NATO condemned the incident saying it will never bow down to a policy of provocation or threat.
“We also believe that issuing the permit for this demonstration supports freedom of expression and is not an endorsement of the demonstration’s actions,” he added.It called the act “racist” and “irresponsible”, adding that it condemns “the repeated acts of burning copies of the holy Koran by individuals with extremist and disturbed minds”.
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