Muslims in Pakistan were holding rallies on July 7 to observe a Day of the Sanctity of the Koran after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm. A man identified in Swedish media as a Christian from Iraq burned a Koran outside a mosque. The biggest anti-Sweden rallies were expected in the eastern city of Lahore and in Karachi, the largest city in the country. In the capital, Islamabad, lawyers holding copies of the Koran protested in front of the Supreme Court, while worshippers outside mosques held small rallies, demanding the severing of diplomatic ties with Sweden. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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