Yemen boycotts Swedish goods

As a direct reaction to the recent destruction of the Holy Koran in Stockholm, the commerce minister of Yemen's national salvation government has imposed a ban on the importation of products originating from Sweden.Yemen's Minister of Trade and Industry, Mohammed Motahar, made the announcement late on a Saturday night in Sana'a that Yemen was the first Islamic country to ban the import of Swedish goods as a response to Sweden's desecration of Islamic holy places.

According to the minister, the decision to prohibit the import of products from Sweden was adopted by the Yemeni Council of Ministers. On the basis of this decision, a committee was created, and its members assumed the responsibility of meeting with representatives and businesspeople.Yemen's Trade and Industry Minister added: "While imports of Swedish goods into Yemen are limited, the embargo was imposed with the aim of sending a message of resistance to the desecration of the Holy Quran, and that was the least that could be done." we have to do, Motahar underscored.

The Yemeni Minister of Trade and Industry further stated that any Swedish items that made it into Yemeni customs ports would be seized.An Iraqi guy who was residing in Sweden and was 37 years old and stomped the Koran before burning some pages on fire in front of Stockholm's largest mosque on Wednesday of the previous week.The incident, which coincided with the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) and the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, drew the ire of Muslims around the world.