The diplomatic fallout over the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in Sweden is threatening to escalate into a trade war after calls from Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa came to boycott Swedish products. Who is calling for a trade boycott? Earlier this week, the Cairo-based Al-Azhar mosque, the oldest Sunni institution in the Muslim world, urged Muslims to boycott Swedish products over the recent Quran burning. Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade Muhammad Sharif al-Mutahar announced a boycott of Swedish products earlier this month. Now Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa have taken to social media to call for a boycott of Swedish products using the hashtags "punish the Swedish government" and "boycott Swedish products."

Source: The Telegraph July 29, 2023 15:45 UTC