Thousands of Muslims protest over Koran desecration in Sweden
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries to express outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country’s embassy in Iraq.
The protests in Iraq, Lebanon, Iran and Pakistan that followed weekly prayers were controlled and peaceful, in contrast to scenes in Baghdad on Thursday when demonstrators occupied the Swedish embassy compound for several hours and set a small fire.
