Qur’an burning

Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. Smoke was rising from the Swedish embassy building and dozens of demonstrators…
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The UN’s human rights chief on Tuesday said he was “immensely sympathetic” toward the millions of people outraged by acts that target “their deepest values and beliefs.” Volker Turk said that recent incidents involving the burning of the…
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The European Union has expressed its “strong rejection” of the Qur’an burning in Sweden, and called the act “offensive, and disrespectful and a clear act of provocation.” “This act in no way reflects the opinions of the European Union……
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