Overview

• An Iraqi man living in Sweden announced plans to burn the Quran, sparking protests in Iraq and elsewhere.
• Hundreds of protesters in Baghdad attempted to storm the heavily fortified Green Zone following reports of a Quran burning in Copenhagen.
• Iraq cut off diplomatic relations with Sweden, and demonstrators stormed the Swedish Embassy in response.
• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation criticized Swedish authorities for granting licenses allowing Quran abuse.
• The OIC suspended the status of Sweden's special envoy over the Quran desecration in Stockholm.