Sweden condemns burning of Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Swedish government has condemned the burning of a Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque last week.

The Guardian reports that their response followed an attack on their embassy in Baghdad and a statement from the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which called for action to avoid future similar incidents.

The Swedish government said the incident was an Islamophobic act which it strongly condemned and fully understood such actions could be offensive to Muslims and had no place in Sweden or Europe.

It added that  Sweden had a “constitutionally protected right to freedom of assembly, expression and demonstration”.