Police officers intervene after people's reaction as demonstrators desecrate the Holy Quran (not pictured) outside Stockholm's central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. "It's legal but not appropriate," he said, adding that it was up to the police to make decisions on Holy Quran burnings. One of the two people who took part is Salwan Momika, who in a recent newspaper interview described himself as an Iraqi refugee seeking to ban the Holy Quran. Up to 10,000 visitors attend Stockholm's mosque for the Eid celebrations every year, according to Khalfi. Turkey in late January suspended talks with Sweden on its NATO application after a Danish far-right politician desecrated a copy of the Holy Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

Source: The Express Tribune June 28, 2023 17:48 UTC