In response to the burning of a copy of the Qur'an in Stockholm, which drew considerable worldwide outrage, Bangladesh summoned the chargé d'affaires of the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday.
When the Qur'an was burned outside a mosque in Sweden during Eid Al-Adha, numerous Muslim nations expressed indignation and denounced the Swedish government.
As protests and acts of dissent spread around the Muslim world, Bangladesh on Sunday became the first nation in Asia to call the Swedish embassy to express its disapproval of the "despicable act."
Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old man who was described as an Iraqi refugee tore up pages of the Qur'an and lit it on fire in front of Stockholm's main mosque as Muslims observed Eid Al-Adha, one of the most significant celebrations in the Islamic calendar. Swedish police charged him with agitation against an ethnic or national group last week.
When the Qur'an was burned outside a mosque in Sweden during Eid Al-Adha, numerous Muslim nations expressed indignation and denounced the Swedish government.
As protests and acts of dissent spread around the Muslim world, Bangladesh on Sunday became the first nation in Asia to call the Swedish embassy to express its disapproval of the "despicable act."
Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old man who was described as an Iraqi refugee tore up pages of the Qur'an and lit it on fire in front of Stockholm's main mosque as Muslims observed Eid Al-Adha, one of the most significant celebrations in the Islamic calendar. Swedish police charged him with agitation against an ethnic or national group last week.
