The Quran crisis between Turkey and Sweden grows: They did not allow the Torah

Tensions are rising between Sweden and Turkey, who want to join NATO with Finland after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The last straw was the burning of the Holy Quran by far-right politician Rasmus Paludan, near the Turkish Embassy in Sweden, after last week’s demonstration with a model of President Erdogan in Sweden, which Turkey accuses of not collaborating with terrorism. .

While the tripartite talks between Turkey-Finland-Sweden were suspended, Finland gave the signal that it would be possible to join NATO alone. While such statements came from the parties, another statement about Sweden, where the Holy Quran was burned under the pretext of “free speech”, came from Israel.

“ACT OF SHAME…”

Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced that an Egyptian activist was stopped from burning the Torah in front of the Israeli embassy building in Stockholm. Making a statement about the action against Israel, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Havat told local press: “This person, who was preparing to take action, withdrew the request from him.”

Shortly after this statement came a statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. “The Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Sweden took immediate and swift action to prevent this shameful and shocking act from happening. The moves included meeting with the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Stockholm police and providing information to other Jewish institutions and organizations.

The anti-Israel activist was also claimed to be an Egyptian writer living in Sweden. “As a result of our efforts, this action was cancelled,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement.