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June 30, 2023

Protests Erupt in Baghdad Over Qur'an Burning Outside Swedish Mosque
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In Iraq, hundreds of protesters briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in
Baghdad Thursday in response to the burning of a Qur'an outside a mosque
in Stockholm Wednesday, which marked Eid al-Adha, a major Islamic
holiday. Swedish media identified the person who burned the Qur'an as a
refugee from Iraq. The act drew widespread condemnation from Muslims
around the world. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned this
could pose another challenge to Sweden's bid to join NATO. Turkey and
Hungary remain the only nations blocking Sweden's path to NATO
membership.


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