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Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East

  • Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-islam activist, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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    Pakistan Sweden Protest

    Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-islam activist, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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  • Police officers stop stock market traders trying to march towards the Swedish Embassy, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-Islam activist. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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    Pakistan Sweden Protest

    Police officers stop stock market traders trying to march towards the Swedish Embassy, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-Islam activist. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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  • Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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    Iraq

    Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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  • Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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    Iraq

    Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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  • A child holds the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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    Iraq

    A child holds the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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  • Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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    Iraq

    Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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  • Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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    Iraq

    Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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  • Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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    Lebanon Quran Protests

    Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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  • Protesters shout slogans and raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, before burning the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
    9/11

    Lebanon Quran Protests

    Protesters shout slogans and raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, before burning the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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  • A man polishes shoes of worshippers on the images of the British flag during Friday Prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Iran Quran Protest

    A man polishes shoes of worshippers on the images of the British flag during Friday Prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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  • Protesters burn representations of the Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book, Quran, by a far-right activist in Sweden, after Friday Prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Iran Quran Protest

    Protesters burn representations of the Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book, Quran, by a far-right activist in Sweden, after Friday Prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-islam activist, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Police officers stop stock market traders trying to march towards the Swedish Embassy, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-Islam activist. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A child holds the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Protesters shout slogans and raise the Quran, the Muslim holy book, before burning the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by a far-right activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran, Islam's holy book. Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on the pages. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A man polishes shoes of worshippers on the images of the British flag during Friday Prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Protesters burn representations of the Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book, Quran, by a far-right activist in Sweden, after Friday Prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Associated Press
Updated

Protests were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. The protests in countries including Pakistan, Iraq and Lebanon ended with people dispersing peacefully. In Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, police officers stopped some demonstrators trying to march toward the Swedish Embassy.