Saudi Arabia stated late Thursday it was summoning a Swedish diplomat to denounce the issuing of permits for protests that desecrate the Quran.
The overseas ministry of the Gulf kingdom, dwelling to the Muslim holy locations, stated in a press release it might hand the Swedish cost d’affaires “a protest note that includes the kingdom’s request to the Swedish authorities to take all immediate and necessary measures to stop these disgraceful acts.”
The transfer comes amid heightened tensions between Sweden and Iraq over a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee who final month burnt pages of the Quran exterior Stockholm’s most important mosque.
In the most recent such incident on Thursday, the refugee, Salwan Momika, stepped on the Quran however didn’t burn it.
News that Swedish authorities would allow the demonstration to go forward had led tons of of Iraqis to storm and torch Sweden’s Baghdad embassy in a chaotic pre-dawn assault.
Iraq’s authorities condemned the assault, however retaliated towards the protest in Sweden by expelling its ambassador, vowing to sever ties and suspending the working licence of Swedish telecom big Ericsson.
Saudi Arabia additionally condemned the June Quran burning and referred to as for Sweden “to stop all actions that directly contradict international efforts seeking to spread the values of tolerance, moderation and rejection of extremism, and undermine the necessary mutual respect for relations between peoples and states”.
That incident occurred in the course of the Eid al-Adha vacation, sparking indignation and diplomatic protests throughout the Muslim world.
On Thursday, the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation denounced the most recent Stockholm protest as “another provocative attack” that would not be justified underneath the proper to freedom of expression.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
