Hundreds storm Sweden’s embassy in Iraq over expected Quran burning



Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the Swedish embassy in Iraq and set it ablaze to protest the expected burning of a Quran in Sweden. According to Swedish media, police had granted an application for the Quran burning outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm.

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19 comments

  1. Someone call the USA to take care of this dudes again 😂

  2. People may not like it, but that is the point with protected speech. It’s more then enough time that people learn to be in secure in their own beliefs and identities that how another person chooses to express their beliefs doesn’t raise this group outrage.

  3. Classic Iraq. Those rascals are at it again

  4. The hypocrites have flooded the comment section to express their inner Islamophobia and xenophobia in the name of educating the “poor bewildered Muslim Iraqis”…. First we have the Iraqis who live abroad trying to please their saviors and lords (white people) by apologizing for a behavior that.. doesn’t even affect them? Yet, yet again are they (white people) the victims of this, and they need their apology! Then we have the western people trying to parent the “animalistic Arabs” by logics that can also be applied to these protestors (ie it’s a freedom of expression!), if they only choose empathy and understand instead of the way of the hypocrites. Instead of trying to act prestige and educated behind a keyboard remember the suffering the Iraqi nation has been enduring for decades, a suffering entertained and supported by the west, that nothing but religion has given this poor nation a hope and been their life line, so please excuse us while we protect what has protected our souls while you watched our suffering on your TV while snacking as an afternoon activity before you go to your comfortable beds in your peaceful land.

  5. To those who think Sweden is a weak military country, you are speaking out of complete ignorance. We were really close on being the 4th country on the planet to develop a-bombs. We had one of the biggest air fleets on the planet during the end of ww2. We have a very strong military industry. Sweden have won the most wars in history versus Russia. Waking a sleeping giant isn't smart.

  6. These Iraqis are just exercising their right for the freedom of act.

  7. Dgn dalih kebebasan berekpresi pembakaran Al Qur'an dibiarkan. Dgn dalih kebebasan berekspresi pula di Iraq Kedubes Swedia di bakar. Kok malah marah Swedia ? Kan sama2 menunjukkan ekspresi.

  8. Look at all of those happy people

  9. only if people knew what plan is coming in Eu there is not just to get deported 98% all this thirdword countries Syrians and all illegal immigrants back to there countries by 2030-35 and that they try leaving with boats having a fantasy that they will spread fanatism islam in EU that will never come into a reality but the most that will come is not yet for now that is for much more in future that islam ideology wont even exist by 2050 just a small group 15-20% will be left in the whole world (mark my worlds) and on saudi arabia it will stay, saudis even them warned europe about all those immigrants and all those fanaticism thats why they do not accept them example in whole Europe crime skyrocked 400% last 5-7 years and its just the start another example france but there end is coming

  10. What about closing one of the most important Christian churches “Hagia Sophia” and converting it in to a Mosque as always Muslims are two faced!

  11. Double standards of Islam nation mosque were destroyed in China Israel Etophia 🇨🇳🇮🇱

  12. Allah snackbar 🍫😋

  13. Assalam O Alaikum friends …. please note and remember… I understand our (Muslims & others who respect other religions) feelings hurt and we feel very agitated and angry on such incidents… But please for Allah's sake, do not take this to next level or protest against it in aggressive manner…. If such incidents happen.. please ignore… If Quran gets old and if it needs to discard it .. we either will sock in water to ensure the script is removed and then burry it underground or burn it to prevent mishandling or any disrespect to it (discarding without a proper procedure like throwing away in trash etc.).. so please let Allah decide the best for such ignorant people and we don't fall in a trap of retaliating or protesting by doing the same with the scriptures of other religion. May Allah give us the patience and restrain us from such evil thoughts or acts. Ameen!!! Summa Ameen!!

  14. اقول الأخوة العراقية كفووووو الذي أحرقوا السفارة السويديه الحقيره وهذا هو حرية التعبير كذلك أليس كذلك؟ ولا بس هذول الحثاله فقط لهم حرية التعبير يالهم من همجية ذو عقول حيوانية

  15. Poor Sweden became on the black list because they did not respect themselves first and did not respect others so the country became outcast in the world especially the Arabs and who is not respected has no respect

  16. this is freedom of expression

  17. In original Hebrew:
    …Dowdisah waãdowm Dagul Mêrababah, rosow ketempaz; qawSsowtaw taltallìm, sahorowt kaowreb, ênãw kayownîm al’apiqe mayim rohãsowt behalab yosebowt almillet, lahãyaw kaärügat habbosem, migdalowt merqãhîm saptowtaw sowosannim notapowt nower ober, yadāw galile zahab mamulãîm battarSîs mêaw eset sen maullepet sappirim, sowgaw ammüdê sês mayussãdîm al’adne paz marehu kallabanown baur kaarazim hikköw mamtaqqîm wakullow Mahãmmaddîm zeh dowdì… !
    My beloved is white and ruddy, The Chiefest among the Ten Thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, And black as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, Washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: His lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the Cedars. His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is Mahãmmaddîm, this is my beloved… !

  18. So whoever insulting and burning The Holy Quran are indeed burning and insulting themselves and all of previous Prophets of Allah: Karma is real !