Global Outrage Erupts Over Quran Burnings: The Role of Muqtada al-Sadr

Hundreds of protesters in Baghdad attempted to storm the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to foreign embassies and Iraq's government, in response to reports of a Quran burning by a far-right Danish group. Security forces dispersed the protesters, who chanted in support of influential Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. The incident follows a similar Quran desecration in Sweden, which led to the storming and burning of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and the temporary relocation of the embassy to Stockholm. The Iraqi government has condemned the Quran burnings and called for international action against such acts.