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BAGHDAD: An AFP correspondent reported that protesters set fire to the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in the early hours of Thursday morning, ahead of the burning of the Koran in Sweden.
Swedish authorities agreed to a meeting later Thursday outside the Iraqi embassy in StockholmWhere the organizers plan to burn a copy of the Koran in addition to the Iraqi flag.
Iraqis are outraged by the events in Sweden, and Thursday’s demonstration in Baghdad was staged by supporters of the turbulent religious leader. chest in the section.
Some protesters held copies of the Koran in the air, while others carried pictures of Muhammad al-Sadr, an important cleric and the father of Muqtada al-Sadr.
“Today we are taking action to denounce the burning of the Qur’an, which revolves around love and faith,” protester Hassan Ahmed told AFP. “We call on the Swedish and Iraqi governments to stop this kind of initiative,” he added.
“We didn’t wait until morning, dawn broke in and set me on fire Swedish EmbassyA young demonstrator in Baghdad told AFP Thursday before chanting Muqtada’s name.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry told AFP that its embassy staff in Baghdad were “safe” in the aftermath of the accident.
“The Iraqi authorities are responsible for protecting diplomatic missions and their personnel,” the ministry said, adding that attacks on embassies and diplomats “constitute a serious violation of the Vienna Convention.”
A photographer told AFP that several firefighting trucks arrived at the embassy, ​​where clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and demonstrators.
It was not immediately clear if the embassy was empty at the time of the attack or if staff had been evacuated.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the setting on fire in the embassy and called on the security forces to identify those responsible.
“The Iraqi government has instructed the security services concerned to conduct an urgent investigation and take all necessary measures to uncover the circumstances of the accident and identify the perpetrators,” the ministry said in a statement.
Swedish media reported it Sloane Momicaan Iraqi refugee in Sweden, had organized the event in Stockholm on Thursday.
Silwan burned a few pages of a Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on June 28 during Eid al-Adha, a holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world.
That incident prompted supporters of Muqtada, an influential religious leader and political dissident in Iraq, to ​​storm the Swedish embassy in Baghdad the next day.
Moqtada mobilized thousands of demonstrators again and again in the streets.
In the summer of 2022, his supporters stormed the parliament building in Baghdad and staged a sit-in that lasted several weeks.
At the time, Muqtada was embroiled in a political dispute over the appointment of a prime minister.
Swedish authorities agreed to a meeting later Thursday outside the Iraqi embassy in StockholmWhere the organizers plan to burn a copy of the Koran in addition to the Iraqi flag.
Iraqis are outraged by the events in Sweden, and Thursday’s demonstration in Baghdad was staged by supporters of the turbulent religious leader. chest in the section.
Some protesters held copies of the Koran in the air, while others carried pictures of Muhammad al-Sadr, an important cleric and the father of Muqtada al-Sadr.
“Today we are taking action to denounce the burning of the Qur’an, which revolves around love and faith,” protester Hassan Ahmed told AFP. “We call on the Swedish and Iraqi governments to stop this kind of initiative,” he added.
“We didn’t wait until morning, dawn broke in and set me on fire Swedish EmbassyA young demonstrator in Baghdad told AFP Thursday before chanting Muqtada’s name.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry told AFP that its embassy staff in Baghdad were “safe” in the aftermath of the accident.
“The Iraqi authorities are responsible for protecting diplomatic missions and their personnel,” the ministry said, adding that attacks on embassies and diplomats “constitute a serious violation of the Vienna Convention.”
A photographer told AFP that several firefighting trucks arrived at the embassy, ​​where clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and demonstrators.
It was not immediately clear if the embassy was empty at the time of the attack or if staff had been evacuated.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the setting on fire in the embassy and called on the security forces to identify those responsible.
“The Iraqi government has instructed the security services concerned to conduct an urgent investigation and take all necessary measures to uncover the circumstances of the accident and identify the perpetrators,” the ministry said in a statement.
Swedish media reported it Sloane Momicaan Iraqi refugee in Sweden, had organized the event in Stockholm on Thursday.
Silwan burned a few pages of a Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on June 28 during Eid al-Adha, a holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world.
That incident prompted supporters of Muqtada, an influential religious leader and political dissident in Iraq, to ​​storm the Swedish embassy in Baghdad the next day.
Moqtada mobilized thousands of demonstrators again and again in the streets.
In the summer of 2022, his supporters stormed the parliament building in Baghdad and staged a sit-in that lasted several weeks.
At the time, Muqtada was embroiled in a political dispute over the appointment of a prime minister.
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