The Koran burnings

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The Koran burnings 

Erdogan to angry attack after Koran burning  

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacks Sweden after Wednesday's Koran burning in Stockholm, reports AFP.  

 

He condemns the action "in the strongest possible terms". 

 

- Sooner or later we will teach the arrogant Westerners that it is not freedom of speech to insult Muslims, he says. The Koran burning has given rise to strong reactions from a number of Turkish representatives.  

 

Erdogan's communications director Fahrettin Altun has called it a "disgusting act" by "Islamophobic terrorists". "To tolerate such actions is to be complicit," writes the country's foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Twitter.  

 

 

The Koran burning outside Stockholm's mosque at Medborgarplatsen on Södermalm in Stockholm.  

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The Koran burnings  

Turkey rages against Koran burning: "Disgusting"  

 

There are strong reactions from Turkey after the Koran burning at Stockholm's mosque on Södermalm yesterday, reports Ekot. 

 

Erdogan's communications manager Fahrettin Altun demands that Sweden act resolutely and not hide behind words about freedom of expression. He believes that Turkey is tired of Sweden in particular allowing "the disgusting and despicable act" of "Islamophobic terrorists". 

  

The Turkish president's security advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic joins the chorus of complaints and writes on Twitter that "Islamophobic and despicable acts under the guise of freedom of expression are never acceptable".  

 

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also condemns the Koran burning. "To tolerate such actions is to be complicit," writes the minister on Twitter. 

  

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Protesters storm Sweden's embassy in Baghdad 

 

Protesters have entered the Swedish embassy in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, reports AFP. 

 

It takes place the day after the Koran burning in Stockholm, which caused great anger in the Muslim world. According to Sky News Arabia, it is the cause of the protests. 

 

According to local media, the protesters have been ordered to withdraw from the embassy, writes the Norwegian Dagbladet.  

 

TT has contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has no comment.