Baghdad: Protest Against Desecration of holy Quran

Web Desk — A rally in Baghdad turned violent as people, protesting against the desecration of the holy Quran in Sweden’s capital city Stockholm near the Turkish embassy, tried to move forward to storm the Swedish embassy.

According to media reports, the Iraqi police had to push back about 400 protestors who came too close to the Swedish embassy. The protestors raised slogans: “No to Sweden, yes to the Holy Quran”.

On pushed back by the police, the protestors turned violent and pelted stones at police while cops used their truncheons.

Registering his protest on the condemnable incident by a far-right Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erodgan warned Sweden that it should not expect his (Turkiye) support to join Nato following the Saturday events.

Erodgan’s reaction added fuel to fire and further dimmed the prospects of Sweden and Finland joining the Western defense alliance Nato.