{"id":1979057,"date":"2023-07-20T21:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T01:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-rush-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-of-quran-burning\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T01:40:03","slug":"protesters-rush-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-of-quran-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-rush-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-of-quran-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotesters-rush-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-of-quran-burning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric\u2064 Moqtada al-Sadr wearing a traffic cone on his masked head and holding an Iraqi flag defaced with slogans supporting the Prophet Mohamed stands at a protest outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20, 2023.\u200b Protesters set \u200dfire to Sweden\u2019s embassy in \u200cthe Iraqi capital early on July 20 ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. Swedish authorities approved an assembly to be held later on July 20\u2063 outside the Iraqi embassy in \u2063Stockholm, where organisers plan to burn a copy of the Koran as well as an Iraqi flag.\u200b  (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>6:30 PM \u2013 Thursday, July 20, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Protesters attacked the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq\u2019s\u2064 capital city, in the early hours of Thursday in \u200dprotest of a scheduled Quran burning in Sweden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-rush-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-of-quran-burning\/\" title=\"Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning.\">videos posted online showed protestors \u200cchanting<\/a>, scaling \u2063the embassy\u2019s walls, and setting fire to the structure. Later, security officers arrived and cleared the area as\u200d firemen quenched the fires.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u200creported that all embassy\u2063 personnel were safe, according to a statement issued by the\u2063 Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which strongly denounced the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden had summoned Iraq\u2019s charge d\u2019affaires on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Protests were held in response to the\u2063 planned burning of a Quran, the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. This is the second time in which such an event has been permitted by Swedish police in recent weeks, scheduled to take place outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Baghdad march was organized by supporters of \u200cShiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, one of Iraq\u2019s most important personalities.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi government \u201chad instructed security forces to carry out a swift investigation, identify perpetrators, and hold them to account,\u201d according to the nation\u2019s foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat has happened is totally unacceptable, and the government strongly condemns these attacks,\u201d Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias\u2063 Billstr\u00f6m said in a \u200cstatement.<\/p>\n<p>Billstr\u00f6m\u200d added \u200cthat Iraq\u2063 has an \u201cobligation\u201d to protect diplomatic missions and\u200b that the nation has failed \u200cin that regard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Iraqi government has reportedly threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdowns-fail-as-solomon-islands-descend-into-anti-china-riots-australia-deploying-forces-reports\/\" title=\"Lockdowns Fail As Solomon Islands Descend Into \u2018Anti-China Riots,\u2019 Australia Deploying Forces: Reports\">cut diplomatic ties<\/a> if the\u2064 Quran is destroyed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq condemned the burning of the embassy in a statement attributed \u2063to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani\u2019s office, but also said it had \u201cinformed the \u200cSwedish government\u2026 that any recurrence of the incident involving the burning of the Holy Qur\u2019an on\u2063 Swedish soil would necessitate severing diplomatic relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Swedish authorities permitted the \u200cburning of a \u200cQuran in front of \u200dStockholm\u2019s \u200dlargest mosque. In response, protests \u200dwere held outside Sweden\u2019s embassy in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, earlier this year, Quran burnings in Sweden heightened relations with Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish \u2063President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has \u2064rejected Sweden\u2019s application to join NATO, accusing Stockholm of supporting Kurdish separatists and \u200dcondemning Quran burning in Turkey. However,\u200b Erdogan eventually reversed his attitude, supporting Sweden\u2019s NATO\u2063 bid after\u200b meeting with other alliance officials in Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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A supporter of Moqtada al-Sadr, wearing a traffic cone on his head, defaced an Iraqi flag with pro-Prophet Mohamed slogans. He stood outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad during a protest. 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