(AFP) Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Friday distanced himself from this week’s protest at which a Koran was burned outside a Stockholm mosque, which sparked outrage in parts of the Muslim world.
“It is difficult to say what the consequences will be. I think there are many people who have reason to reflect,” Kristersson told a press conference.
“This is a serious security question. There’s no need to insult other people,” the right-wing head of government said.
On Wednesday, after being granted a permit to protest by Swedish police, Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika stomped on a copy of the Koran and set several pages alight outside Stockholm’s largest mosque on Wednesday.
