Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, had been granted permission by the Swedish police to desecrate the Quran infront of the Pakistani embassy in Stockholm.

However, as Momika set to go about his plan in the presence of a large number of policemen, a Swedish national of Pakistani origin, named Shehzad Malik, somehow broke through and tried to stop him.

The police arrested Malik and dragged him away, as he kep saying he wanted to stop Momika.

Malik said that he had been hurt by the incident and tried to stop it but police arrested him instead.

He said he was kept under custody for one hour during which his clothes, shoes and purse were searched.

When told he was a Sedish national, the police asked him to show his ID card which was then photographed.

The police eventually let him go and told him he would be contacted again. If implicated in a case, Malik could face imprisonment or fines.

Malik has demanded that the Swedish government should take action against the planned desecrations of the Holy Quran.

This is not Momika’s first attempt to descrate the Quran. He managed to do something similar on June 28 in front of a mosque in Stockholm and also planned a desecration infront of the Swedish parliament earlier this month.