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Quran burning: OIC suspends Sweden special envoy’s status

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has suspended the statues of Sweden’s special envoy over repeated incidents of Quran desecration in Stockholm that sparked angry protests in many Muslim countries.

The 57-member bloc said on Sunday that the suspension was due to the “ granting by the Swedish authorities of licenses that enabled the repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols.”

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's decision came after the bloc's executive committee held a July 2 meeting following an earlier Holy Quran-burning incident.

The committee asked the secretary . . .

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