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Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning (www.reuters.com)

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[–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Actually there may very well have been news about a public Torah burning, considering the rise in anti-Semitism across the world has a lot of people worried. And a bible burning could easily go viral on Christian nationalist social media and news stations across America.