A copy of the Quran with English translations was brought as a gift for the ambassador of Sweden to Malaysia, Joachim Bergstrom, together with a memorandum objecting to the recent destruction of the Muslim holy book by a right-wing politician in Stockholm, Sweden.

The copy and memorandum were presented to an embassy official by Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organisation (Mapim) president Azmi Abdul Hamid (above, left), Alliance of Global Mosques Defending Al-Aqsa chairperson Ahmad Awang and PKR International Bureau secretary Fakhrurazi Mokhtar at 11am today.

Speaking to reporters outside the embassy in Kuala Lumpur...