Following two inflammatory demonstrations held days ago which saw protesters in Sweden and the Netherlands set fire to and tear up pages of the Quran, Sunni Muslim leaders have urged followers of Islam across the world to boycott Swedish and Dutch goods.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, January 25th, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the Sunni Muslim world’s preeminent religious institution, urged “Muslims to boycott Dutch and Swedish products,” in what is the latest fallout over last weekend’s demonstrations in Stockholm and The Hague where the Islamic holy book was desecrated in the name of freedom of expression, Göteborgs-Posten reports.
