US Muslim group urges Biden, Swedish premier to condemn Quran burning in Sweden Swedish prime minister to meet Wednesday with Biden at White House

(Anadolu) A leading Muslim group in the US urged President Joe Biden and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to condemn the Quran burning in Sweden.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it encouraged Biden and Kristersson “to clearly disavow anti-Muslim bigotry and condemn a Quran burning that took place in Sweden last week.”

The Swedish prime minister is meeting Wednesday with the US president at the White House.

“We join Muslim civic organizations, faith leaders and nations around the world in condemning the hateful burning” of the Quran, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.

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