Rasmus Paludan

Turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran during a protest in Sweden, describing it as a "vile act". It said the Swedish government's decision ...

Turkey is a majority Muslim country. Turkey has so far held up both Sweden and Finland's Nato applications. It added that the burning of the Quran was another example of the "alarming" extent to which Islamophobia, racism and discrimination had reached Europe, and it called on the Swedish government to take "necessary measures". Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement denouncing the act, which it said happened despite "repeated warnings". Turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran during a protest in Sweden, describing it as a "vile act". It said the Swedish government's decision to allow the protest to go ahead was "completely unacceptable".

Turkey outraged by Sweden's green light for an Islamophobic protest in front of its embassy in Stockholm.

A group of pro-Turkish demonstrators also held a rally outside the embassy. Demonstrators waved flags of various Kurdish groups, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency against Turkey. A separate protest took place in the city supporting Kurds and against Sweden’s bid to join NATO. A protest was also scheduled to take place in Istanbul on Saturday evening. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack on our holy book… Ankara said on Saturday it was cancelling a visit by Sweden’s defence minister aimed at overcoming Turkey’s objections to its NATO membership.

According to a report by the Washington Post, Swedish right-wing leader Rasmus Paludan received permission to burn the Quran from the Swedish government. He was ...

In the same year in October, he was prevented from entering Germany after announcing he would conduct an anti-Muslim demonstration in Berlin. Last year in April during Ramzan, the 41-year-old announced he will go on a “Quran burning tour”. He was protected by the police while committing the act.

The protests against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO sharply heightened tensions at a time when Sweden and Finland are seeking Ankara's backing to gain ...

The necessary things needed to be done, measures should have been taken," Akar said, according to a statement by Turkish Defence Ministry. A group of pro-Turkish demonstrators also held a rally outside the embassy. Sweden and Finland applied last year to join NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine but all 30 member states must approve their bids. A separate protest took place in the city supporting Kurds and against Sweden's bid to join NATO. Its statement was issued after an anti-immigrant politician from the far-right fringe burned a copy of the Koran near the Turkish Embassy. "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack on our holy book ...

Following a nearly hour-long tirade in which he disparaged Islam and immigration in Sweden, Paludan lit the Quran on fire with a lighter.

He set the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's effigy on fire in Stockholm last week. Turkish officials also denounced the approval given to right-wing Swedish-Danish lawmaker Rasmus Paludan to hold a rally on Saturday in front of Turkey's embassy in the Swedish capital. In order to "condemn this provocative behaviour, which is clearly a hate crime — in strongest terms," Turkey had previously called Sweden's envoy to Ankara on Saturday, a diplomatic source claimed.

Sweden's prime minister has condemned as “deeply disrespectful” the weekend burning of a Quran in Stockholm, which has raised tensions with Turkey as the.

Late on Saturday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tweeted: “Freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy. Protests in Sweden, including Quran-burning, draw strong condemnation from TurkeyProtests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, sharply heightened ... Saudi Arabia condemns Sweden for allowing far-right politician to burn QuranSaudi Arabia’s foreign ministry on Saturday strongly condemned Swedish authorities for allowing a far-right politician to burn a copy of the Quran ... Dozens of protesters gathered late Saturday in front of the Swedish consulate in Istanbul, where they burned a Swedish flag and called on Turkey to sever diplomatic ties with Stockholm. Morocco said it was “astonished” the authorities had allowed it to take place “in front of the Swedish forces of order.” Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book on Saturday in front of Turkey’s embassy in the Swedish capital.