OIC to hold emergency meeting over Quran burning in Sweden

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced an emergency meeting next week in connection with the act of burning a copy of the Quran in Sweden.

The meeting has been called by the Saudi Arabian chairmanship of the OIC, Anadolu reported citing a statement from the organisation.

The summit will be held at the OIC headquarters in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

"The purpose of the meeting is to discuss measures to be taken against such nefarious acts as well as to demonstrate a common stand on disrespect for the Holy Quran," the statement said

On the first day of Eid in Stockholm, an Iraqi national named Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Quran. Police guards have been deployed in the area where the anti-Islamic action took place.