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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Arpan Rai

Pope Francis condemns Swedish authorities’ decision to allow Quran burning: ‘Angry and disgusted’

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Pope Francis said he is “angry and disgusted” at the burning of the Quran, days after a man tore up and burned a copy of the scripture outside a mosque in Sweden.

Iraqi national Salwan Momika was charged with “agitation against an ethnic or national group” after he tore up pages of a copy of the holy book of Islam, wiped them on his shoe and eventually set the book on fire on Wednesday – the first day of Eid – last week.

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