Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad, set it on fire over planned Koran burning (www.france24.com)

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Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said, in a protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden.

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[-] karbotect@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

These Iraqis are not Swedish citizens. The book burning is happening in Sweden. I don't agree with the violent response by these hooligans in Iraq and they should be held responsible. There is no rule of law in Iraq, so no idea how Iraqi authorities will respond.

But the book burning should not have happened in the first place, not because of the reaction in Iraq, but because it is not something a civilised society should condone.

I will not comment on this any further. These are my thoughts on this topic.

[-] bossito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't intend to reply but turns out that an important piece of information has been very discreetly mentioned by the press:

According to Swedish media reports, the incident was planned by Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi refugee in Sweden who also burned pages of a Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on June 28 during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.

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