It was Iraqi refugees who set fire to Quran by Swedish Parliament in Stockholm

Cops stand next to the protesters

On Monday, two men set fire to a Quran, Islam's seriously holy book that can get you killed if you burn it. Then again, a lot of things can get you killed by Islamic extremists. Heads will roll . . . literally, if the mob can get to them,

The Quran burning took place in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm during a rally like the previous events that created a diplomatic crisis between Sweden and the Islamic world and their drive to dominate it.

Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi refugee, and Salwan Najem stomped on a copy of the Koran before setting fire to it, as they had done at the end of June in front of the Swedish capital's largest mosque.

The rally went off peacefully, with a handful of counter-demonstrators chanting "Allahu-Akbar!"

Previously, the men had organised another rally on 20 July, in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, during which they desecrated the Quran without burning it.

Both Momika and Najem have repeatedly stated that they want the Quran banned completely in the Nordic nation, which has broad free speech laws which make it possible for people to burn a Quran, or Christian Bible or Jewish Talmud without it necessarily being a crime.

The counter-demonstrators disagreed with the free speech laws when it comes to the Quran, but were okay with burning the New and Old Testaments and the Jewish Talmud.

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