APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 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 in Gaza city.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 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 in Gaza city. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Director of Education West Gaza, Hamdi Al-Dalu 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Director of the Administrative Department in Education, Khaled Al-Muzayen 0.3 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) lawyer, Samih Al-Madani 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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