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Erdogan attacks Sweden after burning the Koran. Even the USA condemns the action: Lack of respect

2023-06-29 17:38:52Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Erdogan attacks Sweden after burning the Koran. Even the USA condemns the
The burning of the Koran in Sweden

"We will teach the West that insulting the holy places of Muslims is not freedom of thought," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, commenting on yesterday's burning of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, reports Anadolu.

Erdogan attended the Eid al-Adha celebration with members of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Istanbul and spoke about current events. Among other things, he also commented on yesterday's incident of burning a copy of the Koran in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

"Those who commit this crime, who allow it under the guise of freedom of thought, who close their eyes to this infamy, will not achieve their goals. We will react more strongly until a decisive war is waged against terrorist organizations and enemies of Islam," Erdogan said.

He underlined that it should be known that Turkey will never surrender to the politics of provocation or the politics of threats.

"We will eventually teach the Western monuments of arrogance that insulting Muslim holy places is not freedom of thought," Erdogan concluded.

Even the USA condemns the burning of the Koran

The US State Department described yesterday's burning of a copy of the Koran, which was carried out by Salwan Momika, originally from Iraq, in front of a mosque in Stockholm under police protection, as "disrespectful and painful".

Asked about the incident, Vedant Patel, deputy spokesman for the US State Department, replied: "We have said repeatedly that the burning of religious texts is disrespectful and painful, and what may be legal is not necessarily suitable."

He added that the Swedish government and local police could make further comments on the incident.

Insulting Islam

Patel emphasized that they continue to encourage Hungary and Turkey to ratify without delay the accession protocol for Sweden's admission to NATO.

Iraqi national Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Muslim holy book of the Koran in front of a mosque in the Swedish capital on Wednesday.

The incident took place in front of the mosque in Medborgarplatsen, where Momika first threw the Koran on the ground and then burned it with insulting words against Islam.

Local police were called outside the mosque to prevent any incident as a possible response to the provocation.

Court decisions

On June 12, Sweden's appeals court upheld a lower court's decision to overturn a Koran-burning ban, ruling that police had no legal basis to prevent two Koran-burning protests in beginning of this year.

In February, police refused to allow two attempted Koran burnings, citing security concerns, after far-right Danish politician Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January this year.

Later, two people who tried to organize provocative protests in front of the Iraqi and Turkish embassies in Stockholm appealed the decision.

In April, the Stockholm Administrative Court reversed the decision, ruling that the security risks were insufficient to limit the possibility of demonstrations.


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