"Global Outrage Erupts as Sweden Permits Second Qur'an Attack"

Protests erupted across Muslim majority nations after a second incident in Sweden involving the desecration of the Qur'an. The Swedish government apologized and fears that the outrage in the Middle East may delay Turkey lifting its veto on Sweden's membership of NATO. The latest incident involved a Swedish-based Iraqi refugee who threatened to burn a copy of the Qur'an but did not do so. The storming of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad led to Iraq cutting diplomatic ties with Sweden. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reconvened the Turkish parliament, suggesting he may be preparing to lift the veto on Swedish NATO membership, but he emphasized the need for concrete steps on fighting terrorism and extraditing terrorists.