In Batman in the south-eastern part of Turkey, thousands of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in protest against Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning in Stockholm.-
– If a person who calls himself a politician in Sweden can burn the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy, it will of course lead to people gathering in the square. But it is clear that the correct thing to do would be to react at government level.
It was on Saturday afternoon that the Danish right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy and now condemnation and criticism are coming from large parts of the Muslim world, says one of the protesters.
Chechen fury
Chechnya’s leader Ramsan Kadyrov heaps insults on Paludan in a long post on Telegram, where he reportedly has three million followers.
The Taliban in Afghanistan are protesting and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad in Iraq criticizes the Swedish authorities in a press release.
On Saturday evening, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson commented on Twitter that it is disrespectful to burn books and that he expresses sympathy with the Muslims who took offense.
In the player above: See images from protests around the world.