This development came after the incident in Sweden on June 28, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays, when an ex-Muslim tore and burned a Quran outside Stockholm’s major mosque
The Swedish Quran-burning demonstration has been condemned by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, June 29, indicating that it would be another barrier to Sweden's application for NATO membership.
Swedish Police granted permission to one Salwan Momika to burn the Quran during a protest outside a mosque in Stockholm’s main mosque ahead of Eid-Al-Adha
In April 2022, the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson said on that the integration of immigrants has failed, and it has fuelled gang crimes in the Scandinavian country.
The protesters meanwhile also burnt the poster of Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, in front of the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul on January 22.
On Friday, Turkish officials summoned Ambassador Staffan Herrstrom to the Foreign Ministry to condemn the Quran burning protest calling it a 'hate crime’ and ‘provocation.’