Muslim leaders claim that Sweden's burning of the Qur'an encourages radicalism.

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DUBAI: Muslims from all over the world have joined Saudi Arabia in denouncing the Wednesday burning of a copy of the Qur'an outside Stockholm's largest mosque by an Iraqi resident.

Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old man who escaped to Sweden a number of years ago, set fire to many pages of the Qur'an in front of the mosque in the Swedish capital on Wednesday while being heavily guarded by police.

In accordance with free speech rights, police had given him a permission for the demonstration; nevertheless, they subsequently announced that they had launched an inquiry into the Qur'an burning, which had incited outrage among Muslims worldwide.

In Sweden, this kind of incident has occurred previously.

A copy of the Qur'an was burned by a Swedish-Danish right-wing fanatic in January near the

Momika's demonstration was "legal but not appropriate," according to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, and it was up to the police whether or not to allow it.

The event happened as Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha throughout the world.

In a statement released late on Wednesday, the Iraqi government vehemently denounced "the repeated acts of burning copies of the holy Qur'an by individuals with extremist and disturbed minds."

According to the statement, "These actions show a hateful and aggressive spirit that violates the principles of freedom of expression."

They not only advocate violence and hatred, but they are racist as well.

The ideals of tolerance for variety and other people's beliefs are directly at odds with these reckless actions, which are categorically denounced.

According to a statement released by the government on Thursday, the Swedish Ambassador to Baghdad has been summoned.

According to the statement, the ministry denounces "the Swedish government's approval for extremists to burn a copy of the Holy Qur'an."

Following an invitation from Saudi Arabia, the host nation of the Islamic Summit, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation announced that it will call an urgent open meeting of the Executive Committee for the following week in Jeddah to consider the incident's ramifications.

The purpose of the meeting the next week is to debate the steps that should be done to stop the horrific conduct and to develop a consensus on the best course of action.

The US stated that it deplored the burning of the Qur'an and added that it thought the event had fostered "an environment of fear" that had effectively restricted Muslims' freedom to practise their faith.

"We believe the demonstration created an environment of fear that will impact the ability of Muslims and members of other religious minority groups to freely exercise their right to freedom of religion or belief in Sweden," State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said during a daily press briefing.

On Thursday, the UAE summoned the Swedish ambassador to express their opposition to the burning of

Burning the Holy Qur'an, according to the Foreign Ministry, is an act of "dangerous hate and a manifestation of Islamophobia" that encourages violence.

In a statement, the Ministry claimed that burning the Quran "cannot" be viewed as an exercise in freedom of expression and that "irresponsible behaviour and actions" "need to stop."

According to the Ministry, it is necessary to promote a culture of peace and inclusion as well as to combat hate speech and behaviour.

The burning of the Quran angered Muslims all across the world, according to Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which added that tolerance and coexistence should be encouraged.

In a statement, the ministry said that "this serious provocative move offends Muslims throughout the world."

The government of Kuwait reminds everyone in the world

Muslim countries concur with Saudi Arabia's'strong condemnation' of the burning

The demonstration was "legal but inappropriate," according to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

DUBAI: Muslims from all over the world have joined Saudi Arabia in denouncing the Wednesday burning of a copy of the Qur'an outside Stockholm's largest mosque by an Iraqi resident.

Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old man who escaped to Sweden a number of years ago, set fire to many pages of the Qur'an in front of the mosque in the Swedish capital on Wednesday while being heavily guarded by police.

In accordance with free speech rights, police had given him a permission for the demonstration; nevertheless, they subsequently announced that they had launched an inquiry into the Qur'an burning, which had incited outrage among Muslims worldwide.

It has happened previously.

Late on Wednesday, Morocco withdrew its ambassador to Stockholm and denounced the burning of the Koran.

At this hallowed period of the grand pilgrimage to Makkah and the wonderful feast of Eid al-Adha, it stated in a statement, "This new offensive and irresponsible act disregards the feelings of more than a billion Muslims."

Morocco summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires in Rabat and recalled its ambassador, it said. "Faced with these repeated provocations, committed under the complacent gaze of the Swedish government," Morocco acted, it said.

The burning of a copy of the Koran in Stockholm's vicinity of the Turkish embassy in January by a Swedish-Danish right-wing fanatic sparked indignation throughout the Muslim world.

And Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League and the head of the Organisation of Muslim Scholars, condemned the act that

In truth, he claimed, it violated "among many things, the true concept of freedom, which calls for respecting and not provoking others under any pretext," even though it occurred "under the claim of practising freedom of expression." 

According to Issa, such actions stoked animosity, stoked religious feeling, and benefited solely the extremists' aims.Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister of Turkey, also denounced Momika's demonstration as vile.

He declared that it was wrong to permit such anti-Islamic activities under the guise of free speech.