As the world is celebrating the holiest Islamic festival of Eid Ul Adha; Two men outside Stockholm’s central mosque desecrated the Holy Quran by tearing it up and lighting it on fire with a blazing cigarette on Wednesday following permission granted by a Swedish court.
The man who had requested permission for the action, is identified as a 30-year-old Iraqi refugee “who wants the book banned, tore out pages from the Quran, wiped them on his shoe and set some of them on fire,” Swedish public broadcaster SVT said.
As per reports, Around 200 people gathered to watch, including counterprotesters. One man was detained after he tried to throw a rock.
The desecration may further jeopardize Sweden’s attempts to overcome Turkey’s opposition to its NATO membership .
Earlier in the year Rasmus Paludan, a far-right politician, burned a Quran in Stockholm near the Turkish embassy, exacerbating tensions between the two nations.
