Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including burning a copy of the Qur’an, have massively escalated tensions with Turkey. Especially at a time when the Nordic country needs the Islamic nation’s backing to gain entry to the military alliance.It appears that after Sweden did not comply with Turkey’s demands to impose Sharia blasphemy laws on its population, Turkey is saying no to Sweden’s NATO application.
Now the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to mitigate the Muslims’ anger through a note in the window of the consulate in Istanbul. The note reads, “we do not share the views of the book-burning idiot.”
