Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires in Tehran over the burning of a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm, state media reported on Thursday, condemning what it said was an insult to the most sacred Islamic sanctities.
A man tore up and burned a Quran outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays.
“While Muslims are performing the Haj … insulting their sanctities merely serves the path of spreading hatred and violence, exploiting the principle of freedom of expression,” Iranian state media said, citing a statement by the ministry.
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