APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Yunis- 24 January 2023. Palestinian students take part in a protest the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book of Koran by a far-right politician Outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm at their school in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Yunis- 24 January 2023. Palestinian students take part in a protest the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book of Koran by a far-right politician Outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm at their school in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Student, Saja Laqan 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Student, Nada Adwan 0.3 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Hala Al-Bashiti STORYLINE: The Quran burning was carried out by Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line Outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday. In April last year, Paludan’s announcement of a Quran burning “tour” during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan sparked riots across Sweden. Surrounded by police, Paludan set fire to the holy book with a lighter following a long diatribe of almost an hour, in which he attacked Islam and immigration in Sweden. About 100 people gathered nearby for a peaceful counterdemonstration. Footage by APAwire
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