Man Vows to Repeat Blasphemy Despite Global Outcry
The extremist said he would burn the Holy Quran and the Iraqi flag on Thursday, July 20 at 1:00 pm (local time) in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, watanserb.com reported, citing a video clip of the extremist on social media.
The report does not mention whether the Swedish police have issued a permit for the event or not. Swedish authorities have been widely slammed for allowing such acts of desecration to happen under the name of freedom of expression.
The extremist said he would not stop burning the Quran and will continue to do so until the holy book is completely banned.
Earlier, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced that it had received a letter from its Swedish counterpart, in which it was said that the perpetrator had regretted burning the Quran. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry noted that it has asked Stockholm to hand over the Iraqi refugee who committed this offensive act.
He burnt a copy of the Holy Quran as Muslims were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the major Islamic events, across the world in late June in front of Stockholm Central Mosque.
Several Muslim countries summoned Swedish ambassadors in protest at the Quran-burning incident, which led to an emergency meeting of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
On Wednesday, the UN's top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in the wake of the Quran burnings.
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