Qatar, summons Swedish ambassador over Quran burnings

Qatar's Foreign Ministry said it has summoned Swedish Ambassador Gautam Bhattacharyya to hand him a note of protest over the repeated desecration of the Quran in Sweden. Qatar's objection includes appeals to the Swedish authorities to take all necessary measures to stop these heinous practices," the ministry said in a note on its website. The ministry noted that Doha expresses "its strong dissatisfaction and denunciation of the repeated permission to attack the Holy Quran in the Kingdom of Sweden and the inability of local authorities to stop these practices," adding that "allowing continued attacks against the Quran under the pretext of freedom of expression inflames hatred and violence, threatens peaceful coexistence and reveals questionable double standards." Recent government-sanctioned protests in Sweden in which specimens of the Muslim holy book were set on fire have sparked strong outrage in Islamic countries. Recently, some protesters stormed Sweden's embassy in Baghdad.