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Muslim countries slam Sweden over Koran burning, demand action

  • Iran will not send a new ambassador to Sweden in protest of a Koran burning outside a mosque in Stockholm.
  • An Islamic grouping of 57 states called for collective measures to prevent acts of desecration to the Koran.
  • Turkey, an OIC member, suspended talks with Sweden on its NATO application due to the incident.
  • Iran's foreign ministry summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires to condemn the incident.
  • The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issued a statement after a meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss the burning of the Koran in Sweden.
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