Sweden police arrest woman trying to stop Qur’an desecration in front of Iranian embassy

In yet another act of desecration of the Holy Qur’an, a Sweden-based serial blasphemer burned a copy of the sacred Muslim book in front of the Iranian embassy in Stockholm as the police arrested a woman who tried to stop him.

Swedish media said Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, under the protection of the country’s police, repeated the blasphemous act on Friday while shouting profanities against Islam, Muslims and the Qur’an.

The scene drew a large number of people, including reporters, with Swedish news outlets saying a woman intervened and tried to put out the burning Qur’an with a fire extinguisher.

The woman, who is yet to be identified, was instantly arrested by the police on "suspicion of disturbing public order and violence against a police officer,” Associated Press reported, citing Police spokeswoman Towe Hägg.

Momika and Salwan Najem, two Sweden-based Iraqi refugees, have done similar sacrilegious acts in front of Stockholm’s central mosque and Iraq’s embassy over the past two months.

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The blasphemous acts, which had been authorized by the Swedish police under the pretext of free-speech laws, sparked a wave of anger and condemnations across the Muslim world.

In Denmark too, the far-right Danish group Danske Patrioter has recently set copies of the Holy Qur’an alight in front of the missions of several Muslim countries in Copenhagen.

Iran embassy urges Sweden to stop desecration

In a Friday statement, the Iranian embassy stressed that "insulting the Holy Qur'an and other holy scriptures is condemned."

The mission referred to efforts in Sweden to "amend some regulations related to the process of security evaluation implemented by police prior to grant permission" for Qur'an desecration, noting that however, "these amendments are supposed to be made in the unknown future to prevent the desecration of the Holy Scriptures."

"The Swedish authorities expect the world, and especially the Muslim nations, to understand and be convinced by these explanations and don't accuse the Swedish government of inaction. But is this expectation right? Is this method for protecting freedom of expression acceptable? Isn't this justification an unforgivable oppression to the freedom of expression? Can there be anything else but a conspiracy by the enemies of relations between the Islamic countries and the Kingdom of Sweden?"

"Accordingly, the Swedish government is firmly expected to stop this horrible process of insulting Holy Quran in order to preserve Sweden's position and good image and also to alleviate the suffering caused in the Islamic world and the entire world as a whole," it added.

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