In 2023, instances of Quran-burning occurred in Sweden, which were named collectively by Swedish media as the Korankrisen ("Quran crisis"; "Quran burning crisis" in some English-language media). The most notable of them occurred on 28 June 2023, when a 37-year-old Iraqi Assyrian refugee Salwan Momika ripped out and set fire to pages of the Quran outside the Stockholm Mosque.[1] This incident caused international protests and condemnation, particularly among the Muslim world. On 20 July, Momika planned another Quran burning in Stockholm, which resulted in protestors storming the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and committing arson.[2]
This resulted in several follow-up protests in Denmark, in which the Quran was burned outside the embassies of several Muslim-majority countries. Counterprotests, in the form of violence and boycotts, eventually caused Denmark to reintroduce blasphemy laws criminalizing the "inappropriate treatment" of religious texts.
In2023, instances of Quran-burning occurred inSweden, which were named collectively by Swedish media as the Korankrisen ("Quran crisis"; "Quran burning...
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it under police protection. The Quranburnings were accompanied by attacks towards Momika. Also in2023, the Swedish Migration Agency decided that Momika...
a terrorist motive, with Swedish nationals having been targeted, possibly on account of the recent QuranburningsinSweden. The attacker was identified...
of Islam. During the 2023QuranburningsinSweden, he demanded from the Government of Pakistan that war be declared against Sweden to put such blasphemous...
outraged by the Quranburnings and associated rallies. According to Paludan, the purpose of the Quranburnings was to protest the Swedish government's inability...
groups based on race or religion. His burnings of the Quran led to rioting inSwedenin 2022, and burningsin2023 were said to have started what caused...
Quran and burning of QuraninSweden.This act of Sweden has hurt the faith of Muslims all over the world and the Muslims are angry against Sweden. We strongly...
response to a call by the Muslim Association of Sweden for dialogue over the 2023QuranburningsinSweden, Jomshof controversially tweeted that there was...
response to the 2023 Quranburningsin the country and prior to the Israel–Hamas war. Concerns about the risk of terrorist attacks resurged in the wake of the...
al-Sadr set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in reaction to a planned Quran desecration demonstration in Stockholm. The Swedish foreign ministry confirms...
to Sweden following the burning of a Quran at a demonstration in Stockholm. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat called the action...
peace in the area. Towards the end of August 2020, the party staged a Quranburning event in Rosengård, a suburb of Malmö, which led to the 2020 Sweden riots...
other cases, such as the Nazi book burnings, copies of the destroyed books survive, but the instance of book burning becomes emblematic of a harsh and...
Eldarbekova in September 2020. He is a devout Muslim and has publicly criticized the act of Quranburning. Mokaev became a UK citizen in 2021. Mokaev...
government in Stockholm. In2023, following the QuranburningsinSweden, Farivar expressed opposition to proposals to change the Swedish order law so that demonstrations...
in the Quran, although it's unclear whether it refers exclusively to the Jews or both Jews and Christians as a single religious group. In the Quran(see...
government with support from SD. In2023, following a series of QuranburningsinSweden, a trend started by Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan which...
asks Sweden's ambassador to leave Baghdad | CNN, July 20, 2023, retrieved July 20, 2023 "Iraq severs diplomatic ties with Sweden over anti-Quran demonstration...
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