Demonstrators Gather at Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv to Protest Quran Burning

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3 July 2023 at 1:08 pm

Protesters gathered at the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, July 3, days after a Quran was burned in Stockholm.

Salwan Momika, who carried out the burning in Stockholm and posted videos of it, was given a police permit for free-speech reasons, Aftonbladet reported. He was reported to be from Iraq originally.

Protesters had breached the Swedish Embassy in Iraq during protests in Baghdad on June 29.

Live footage streamed by Quds News Network shows demonstrators at the embassy in Tel Aviv on Monday. Credit: Quds News Network via Storyful

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