Posted on 06/29/2023 1:14:16 PM PDT by Morgana
Dozens of Iraqi protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad today over the burning of a Koran by an Iraqi protester in Stockholm.
Video showed an angry mob breaking through an iron gate and climbing on top of the compound, as global fury grew over the stunt.
It came after several Muslim countries condemned Sweden for allowing the Iraqi man to burn a Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque on Wednesday - during the Eid al-Adha holiday and the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Under a heavy police presence and in front of a crowd of 200, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old who fled to Sweden several years ago, put bacon in the pages of a Koran before stomping on it and setting several pages alight.
Police had granted him a permit for the protest in line with free-speech protections after an appeals court rejected their ban on Koran burning protests, but said later the man had been charged with agitation against an ethnic or national group.
The stunt sparked anger across the Muslim world, including in Turkey which is currently blocking Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, while in Iraq demonstrators stormed inside the Swedish embassy in the capital of Baghdad.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Morocco, Bahrain and the UAE joined in the chorus of condemnation, with the US also calling the protest 'disrespectful and hurtful'.
Footage from the compound in Iraq showed people barging through a copper-coloured gate as others climbed over the walls. A second clip showed people climbing on top of the barbed-wire covered building, singing and waving flags.
The protesters first rallied outside the embassy in response to a call by Sadr who demanded the removal of the Swedish ambassador, echoing outrage in several Muslim countries over the Koran burning Wednesday in Stockholm.
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Don’t care as long as Bibles can be burned with impunity.
And that goes for the gay flg, too.
I second that.
“Under a heavy police presence and in front of a crowd of 200, Salwan Momika (pictured), a 37-year-old who fled to Sweden several years ago, put bacon in the pages of a Koran before stomping on it and setting several pages alight”
I saw this story earlier but did not pay much attention to it. Now that this has happened maybe I should have.
Wanna bet Salwan Momika (pictured), a 37-year-old who fled to Sweden is gay?
He’s a dead man walking now either way.
The man was an Iraqi. Go attack the Iraqi embassy instead of the Swedish one.
> the US also calling the protest ‘disrespectful and hurtful’ <
That’s the worst line in the whole article. We should have just said, “It was a peaceful protest, and we support peaceful protests.” Period. End of story.
Instead we just gave a subtle okay to those Islamists who want to go nuts over the issue.
Even if, as in Christianity, a religious text is “holy”, it is the words themselves, not any printed pages.
Only an insecure religion is actually concerned about a “holy book” being burned. A religion of strong believers and strong faith would simply tell the “book burners” they did not hurt the faithful or their faith. It’s a childish act. But an insecure religion; well that is something else.
Maybe they should burn muslims instead??
“Police had granted him a permit for the protest in line with free-speech protections after an appeals court rejected their ban on Koran burning protests, but said later the man had been charged with agitation against an ethnic or national group.”
What pansies. They knew what he was going to do, approved it, then arrested him anyway when they got scared of the backlash.
And there are Muslims of every ethnicity and nationality so it’s a ridiculous charge. If they want to say it’s illegal to disrespect a religion, well, then Sweden better get busy arresting all their neo-pagans who want to burn down the churches, and arresting all the radical atheists who are posting hateful things about Christianity all day long.
But the Piss Christ artist had a wonderful lunch with the Pope
“Only an insecure religion is actually concerned about a “holy book” being burned.”
Well, that’s Islam. They are the most insecure religion of all. Say one bad word about their God? Death. Badmouth the “prophet”? Death. Draw a picture of the “prophet”? Death. Burn the Koran? Death. Decided you don’t want to be muslim anymore? Death. Fart in the mosque? Okay, probably not death for that, but I bet they’ll take you out back and pound you.
If religions are like husbands, and believers are like wives, then Islam is the abusive husband who thinks his wife is about to cheat on him with every man she sees so he has to beat her constantly if he wants to keep her.
No one protests when the US flag is burned
Well it’s like this. When they burn our US Flag we let them. Then we bomb them back into the stone age.
The US no longer believes in free speech or freedom to protest.
When are muzzie NOT angry about something? They are the most petulant insecure crybullies tied only with the trannies
When are muzzie NOT angry about something? They are the most petulant insecure crybullies tied only with the trannies
The Bible? They burn Christians.
Where the hell were these bastards when they were slaughtering Christians left and right. I don’t give a royal flush if they burn that raghead demonic book.
Satan - The father of lies.
Do I need to draw a picture?
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