Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：hotspot 2025-09-30 23:33:17 - browse：43

Iraq Sweden Protest — Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raises of the Quran, the Muslims' holy book, during a demonstration in front of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)The Associated Press

BASRA, Iraq -- Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on Friday, condemning the burning of a Quran during a protest in Sweden earlier this week. Some of the demonstrators called for expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq.

At the rallies in the capital of Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a cleric with a large grassroots following and political leader, burned Swedish flags and rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flags and chanted ”“Yes, yes to Islam” and “No, no to the devil.”

Addressing the crowds in a speech in the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, Friday prayers preacher Sayyid Sattar Batat, called on Iraqi authorities to “if necessary, expel the Swedish ambassador and cut all diplomatic relations with them.”

The protests came a day after hundreds of protesters briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad.

On Wednesday, a man who identified himself in Swedish media as a refugee from Iraq burned a Quran outside a mosque in central Stockholm.

An Iraqi security official said the man was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in a Christian unit of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a collection of mostly Shiite militias that were incorporated into the country’s armed forces in 2016. The official spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations.

Swedish police had authorized the protest, citing freedom of speech, after a previous decision to ban a similar protest was overturned by a Swedish court.

The act, coming during the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, drew widespread condemnation in the Muslim world. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday suggested that the incident would pose another obstacle to Sweden’s bid for NATO membership.

Iraqi officials have called on Sweden to extradite the man who had burned the Quran for prosecution in Iraq.

Previous article： Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
Next article： The battle over 'scope creep' and who gets to be called 'doctor'

WSS

Senate panel puts off hardest PBM reforms for another day

Truvian presents data for its desktop blood

Russian fighter jet damages US Reaper drone with flare over Syria: Officials

In the gardens at Boston Children's Hospital, families find sanctuary

Why a market frenzy over new weight loss drugs defies logic

Why patients can’t get everything they want on drug pricing

explore

Wikipedia

focus

Trump demands the U.S. pay no more for drugs than other countries … again

Search called off for baby washed away in Pennsylvania flash flood

Trump demands the U.S. pay no more for drugs than other countries … again

Cassava Sciences’ Alzheimer’s clinical trials should be halted

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

Why a market frenzy over new weight loss drugs defies logic

Moonlake's readout produced a cash windfall. Risks remain

Democrats decry new health bill for going easy on private equity

As demand for Covid shots wanes, Moderna seeks its next success

STAT Summit: Ending the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.

explore

ADCs take center stage as promising cancer treatments

New Alzheimer's drugs heat up race for early detection blood tests

Former reverend arrested for allegedly killing 8

Roche drug slashes death risk in early

Will the FTC rein in IQVIA's health data empire?

STAT Readout: Friday, Oct. 20 biotech updates

focus

focus

hotspot

leisure time