Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa are calling for a boycott of Swedish products after the Quran was burned at a protest in Stockholm. Earlier this week, the Cairo-based Al-Azhar mosque, the oldest Sunni institution in the Muslim world, urged Muslims to boycott Swedish products over the recent Quran burning. Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade Muhammad Sharif al-Mutahar announced a boycott of Swedish products earlier this month. Now Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa have taken to social media to call for a boycott of Swedish products using the hashtags "punish the Swedish government" and "boycott Swedish products." The biggest importers of Swedish products among Muslim countries are Turkey and Saudi Arabia, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database, followed by Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Qatar, Algeria and Pakistan.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 29, 2023 07:05 UTC