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Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad, set it on fire over planned Koran burning (www.france24.com)

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Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said, in a protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Isn't there something actually useful to do in Iraq... Just asking.

Who cares if some idiot wants to burn $insertReligiousBook in some forgein country?

Oh yeah, religious zealots, that's who. /s

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Fragile religiosity, they don't really trust god to punish the sinners..

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

that’s such an interesting take on religious people forcing their beliefs on others: so what if they sin? Let your god take care of it, or do you think he’s too incompetent to deal with it himself?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

In their eyes, they are God's wrath.

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