There was a mild drama at National Mosque’s premises in Abuja on Friday, when some Muslim youths protested over recent burning of Islam’s Holy Book by an Iraq immigrant during Eid al-Adha holiday in Stockholm (Sweden) Mosque.
The man was said to have based his action on his feelings about the Quran
The protest started shortly before the Jumma’t prayers and continued after the prayers when more youths joined the protest, thus obstructing vehicular movements.
Expressing their displeasure by carrying placards with messages like “Qur’an is our guide”, among several others, and also chanting solidarity songs, the protesters barricaded the road, thus causing motorists to take alternative routes to their destination.
They demanded that world leaders speak up on the matter and demanded severe punishment for the Iraqi immigrant who committed the crime in Sweden, which they described as blasphemy.
