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A number of Islamic countries have criticized the burning of pages of the Koran outside a mosque in Stockholm as part of an authorized protest. Turkish President Erdogan was among them, between NATO talks with Sweden.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led a chorus of criticism from the Muslim world towards Sweden on Thursday, a day after an Iraqi burned pages of a Koran outside a mosque in Stockholm.
Erdogan said in televised addresses that he condemned Wednesday's incident in Stockholm.
"We will eventually teach arrogant Westerners that insulting Muslims is not freedom of thought," Erdogan said, paying little attention to the protester's own non-Western identity. "We will show our response in the strongest possible terms until a decisive victory is achieved against terrorist organizations and Islamophobia."
Erdogan's comments suggest he was seeking to use the incident to further block Sweden's bid to join NATO, which came after the Russian attack on Ukraine. Further talks between the two sides are scheduled for next week.
Erdogan accuses Sweden of harboring what he calls "terrorists," usually Kurdish militants or supporters of a former ally turned rival of Erdogan's, Fetullah Gulen. The president also criticized previous similar protests in Sweden, which he considered either anti-Turkey or anti-Islam or both.
At a time when the impact of Erdogan's protest may be the most pressing concern for Stockholm, given his current political efforts, the criticism of Turkey was just one voice among many from across the Islamic world.
Chorus of critics, the ambassadors are called
A number of Islamist governments expressed their disapproval of the move, while in Iraq protesters tried to enter the Swedish embassy building in Baghdad.
It followed Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's call for a protest outside the embassy demanding the ambassador's dismissal, accusing Sweden of being "hostile to Islam".
More than 2% of Sweden's population identifies as Muslim. Sweden is also home to many people from Islamic countries who have renounced their faith, like Wednesday's protester, many of whom feel unsafe in their own countries after doing so.
Jordan summoned the Swedish ambassador on Thursday, as Morocco had done on Wednesday. Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the Arab League, Egypt, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates made critical comments.
The Baghdad government said such actions "hurt the sentiments of Muslims around the world and represent a dangerous provocation for them."
Irani e quajti protestën "provokative, të pamenduar dhe të papranueshme", ndërsa tha se ishte detyrimi i Suedisë të parandalonte "përsëritjen e fyerjeve ndaj shenjtorëve".
Arabia Saudite vuri në dukje se akti përkoi me festën fetare të Kurban Bajramit dhe përfundimin e pelegrinazhit të Haxhit: "Këto akte të neveritshme dhe të përsëritura nuk mund të pranohen me asnjë justifikim," tha ministria saudite e Punëve të Jashtme.
Kryeministri suedez: Protesta e ligjshme, por jo "e përshtatshme"
Suedia rrallë i ndalon protestat, madje edhe ato që mund të konsiderohen si nxitje në vende të tjera, dhe një gjykatë e miratoi protestën të mërkurën. Megjithatë, pas kësaj, policia tha se do të hetonte një "agjitim" të mundshëm që mund të jetë kryer me protestën nga një refugjat irakian që dëshiron që libri të ndalohet.
Kryeministri suedez Ulf Kristersson tha në një konferencë shtypi se vendimi nëse do të vazhdojë apo jo protesta nuk i takonte atij. Ai tha për protestën se "është e ligjshme, por jo e përshtatshme”, duke thënë se vendime të tilla individuale u përkasin organeve suedeze të rendit, jo politikanëve.
Përfaqësuesit e xhamisë para së cilës u zhvillua demonstrata thanë të mërkurën se ishin të zhgënjyer që policia kishte lejuar protestën. Ata kishin sugjeruar që policia të paktën mund ta devijonte protestën në një vend më pak të ndjeshëm – një hap që do të kishte qenë nën kontrollin e tyre.
Demonstrata u ndoq nga një turmë njerëzish, duke përfshirë mbështetës dhe kundërprotestues; policia e izoloi protestuesin nga turma, me sa duket për mbrojtjen e tij.
Në janar, një protestë e ngjashme u zhvillua në Suedi, e udhëhequr nga lideri i një partie politike daneze të ekstremit të djathtë, që i vuri flakë një kopjeje të Kuranit pas një zhurme të gjatë rreth imigrimit mysliman në Suedi. Edhe ai u pasua me kritika të forta nga Turqia dhe vende të tjera.
NATO, however, urged Turkey to consider that its stance on Sweden's NATO membership could contribute to the protests in Sweden that Ankara and Erdogan then find reprehensible.
Kristersson said at a summit of EU leaders on Thursday that he would speak to the other NATO blocker, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The Hungarian government confirmed on Thursday that it would delay a parliamentary vote on whether to ratify Sweden's NATO membership by another week, but said the decision was unrelated to Turkey's fresh resentment - a claim contested by the opposition in Budapest./ DW
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