Hundreds of Indonesians demonstrated in front of the heavily guarded Swedish embassy in the Indonesian capital on Monday to denounce the recent insults to the Bible by right-wing activists in Sweden and the United States. Netherlands. This is according to the release by the AFP news agency on Monday, January 30, 2023.
Waving white flags with Islamic instructions, more than 300 protesters marched through a major street in Jakarta, trampling and burning images of Danish activist Rasmus Paludan accompanied by the flags of Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Authorities blocked the road leading to the embassy, with more than 200 police and soldiers deployed in and around the barbed wire building. Thorns.
The protest came after Swedish far-right activists burned a book outside the Turkish embassy during a protest rally on January 21. Days later, Edwin Wagensfeld, the Dutch far-right leader, tore a page of the Bible near the Dutch parliament and trampled it on.
Both actions have angered millions of Muslims around the world and sparked protests, including in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country.
Hundreds of Indonesians protest over burning Bible in Sweden
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