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Though both countries have condemned the Quran-burning incident in Sweden, neither of them has said anything about expelling all Swedish people.
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Though Qatar and Kuwait have condemned this incident, no orders to expel Swedish people from these countries were issued as of July 5.
On June 28, a man called Salwan Momika desecrated a copy of the Quran outside the Stockholm Central Mosque in the S¶dermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. He reportedly laid a strip of bacon on the holy book, stomped on it, and finally burnt it.
In its aftermath, there were calls for collective measures to avoid such incidents in the future by the intergovernmental group Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Following this, Sweden’s government condemned the “Islamophobic act”.
Now, according to some on social media, the governments of Qatar and Kuwait have called for the expulsion of all people of Swedish origin from their countries. A Facebook user photos of Qatar monarch Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, and wrote: “Breaking News: Kuwait and Qatar have said that they would expel all the Swedish people, following the Quran burning incident which recently happened in Sweden.”
India Today found that though Qatar and Kuwait have condemned the Quran-burning incident, neither of them has said that they will expel all Swedish people.
Qatar's response to the incident
In a statement issued on June 29, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned “in the strongest terms the Swedish authorities’ permission to burn copies of the Holy Qur’an in Stockholm.” The statement said that “this heinous incident is an act of incitement and a serious provocation to the feelings of more than two billion Muslims in the world, especially during Eid Al-Adha.”
It added, “The Ministry reiterates the State of Qatar's full support for the values of tolerance and coexistence, and its keenness to establish the principles of international peace and security through dialogue and mutual understanding.”
Kuwait summoned Swedish envoy
Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs too had issued a similar statement criticising the incident on June 28. Additionally, it also summoned the Swedish envoy over the incident.
No news reports
Prominent media outlets of Qatar and Kuwait, like Al Jazeera, The Qatar Tribune, Al-Anba and Al- Jarida published multiple reports about this incident. None, however, reported orders to expel all Swedish people from the countries as of July 5.
Had such orders been given, international news organisations would have reported this. But as of July 5, no credible news organisation in Qatar, Kuwait, or Sweden had reported such a thing. Additionally, no credible international news organisation had reported such a thing as well.
Thus, it's clear that there is no credibility to such social media posts as of yet.
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