Sweden accused the Iranian government of using a Shia mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, to serve as a platform for espionage against the Nordic country and the Iranian diaspora living there.
An Iranian cleric serving as the imam of an Islamic Center in Stockholm’s suburbs, has been arrested for nearly two weeks and is set to be deported from Sweden, the Expressen daily reported on Friday.https://t.co/ZA6kb2rsh8
The Iraqi man who provoked demonstrations across the world and outrage all over the Arab and Muslim world for staging protests where he burned copies of the Quran in public spaces was killed in Sweden.
Sweden blames Iran for cyberattacks after the Quran-burning demonstrations in 2023, which deeply strained relations between the Nordic country and the Muslim world and raised concerns of a possible terrorist attack in the country.
Iran's regime incited Islamist protests in Sweden
Swedish authorities claim the Islamic Revolutionary Guard is responsible for a hacking campaign to spread hate messages https://t.co/7FzQaWwYZb
Two men would be put on trial in Sweden for setting the Quran on fire in a series of Quran-burning protests that stoked anger and outrage across the Muslim world and raised fears of jihadist attacks, prosecutors announced last August 28th.
Sweden will prosecute two men, Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, for burning the Quran and agitating against Muslims.https://t.co/t3EQcysBdY
Riots and clashes erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third-largest city after a notorious anti-Islam activist burned another copy of the Quran in another protest.
Authorities in the southern coastal city of Malmö said dozens of cars, including in an underground garage, were set on fire, and rioters threw stones at them. They described the events that occurred last September 3rd and lasted overnight as “a violent riot.”
A woman was arrested and detained by authorities in Sweden on August 18th after attempting to stop another Quran-burning demonstration, this time outside the Iranian Embassy in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, by the notorious Iraqi protester and refugee Salwan Momika by spraying him with a fire extinguisher.
After a series of controversial protests involving burning the Quran, which sparked outrage from Muslims worldwide, Sweden approved a new protest, but this time would involve burning the Torah and the Bible.
Swedish authorities have approved a protest involving the burning of Torahs and Bibles outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden’s national radio broadcaster reported https://t.co/PXe3uL0T8B
In response to the most recent Quran-burning incident in Sweden, where an Iraqi immigrant burned the religious book in front of a mosque in Stockholm last June, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on July 12th on religious hatred, condemning the acts of burning the Islamic holy book in Sweden.
Six months after a far-right Swedish-Danish activist and politician enraged the entire Muslim community by publicly burning the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, another Quran-burning stunt occurred in the capital, this time during the celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.
