Por: Los Angeles Times World July 20, 2023
Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire. Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr. It wasn't clear if there were any staff members inside the complex. The Swedish Foreign Ministry did not immediately... + full article
New York Daily News USA Nation July 20, 2023
The Swedish Embassy in Baghdad was broken into early Thursday, after enraged protesters were set off by news of a Quran burning in the Scandinavian country. Demonstrators set fire to the compound and raised flags and signs with images of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada Sadr. It was... + más
What to know about the fight over Quran burnings in Europe | The Hill
Quran burned at 3rd small Sweden protest after warning that desecrating Islam's holy book brings terror risk | CBS News
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics July 20, 2023
BAGHDAD – Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire. Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the... + más
Protesters enraged over Quran burning storm Swedish Embassy in Iraq | New York Daily News
ABC News USA World July 20, 2023
BAGHDAD -- Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire and setting off a diplomatic furor. Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post... + más
Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it has no blasphemy laws | ABC News
The Boston Globe USA World July 20, 2023
BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire and setting off a diplomatic furor.Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic... + más
STOCKHOLM -- A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed.In the latest such incident, an... + más
Islamic group suggests that member nations downgrade ties with countries that allow Quran burnings | ABC News
Newsweek USA World June 30, 2023
A Swedish protestor who set fire to several pages of the Quran outside a Stockholm mosque says he plans to do so again—even after the condemnation of his own government.Swedish authorities arrested 37-year-old Iraqi national Salwan Momika on hate crimes charges Wednesday after... + más
ABC News USA World June 29, 2023
BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of followers of the influential i Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday in protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden.An Iraqi security official said the Swedish Embassy was evacuated by... + más
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