Stockholm: The Swedish migration agency has announced that it is re-examining the residency permit of an Iraqi refugee who is suspected of being responsible for several Quran-desecration incidents that have occurred in Stockholm in recent weeks and angered Muslims around the world.

On Eid Al-Adha (June 28), an Iraqi refugee by the name of Salwan Momika set fire to a copy of the Qur'an outside Stockholm's main mosque. He also staged a protest in front of the Iraqi Embassy earlier this month, threatening to burn the Muslim holy book once more.

After receiving information from the Swedish authorities that led it to question whether the man's status in Sweden should be revoked, the migration agency announced late on Friday that it was re-examining the man's immigration status.

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When the Swedish Migration Agency receives such information, a statutory action is taken, and it is too early to predict how the case will turn out, according to a statement to Reuters. The spokesperson for the agency said it was unable to comment further due to confidentiality.

The man has a temporary residency permit in Sweden that will expire in 2024, according to the Swedish news agency TT.

Following protests where copies of the Qur'an were burned and damaged, Sweden has recently found itself in the international spotlight.

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Many Muslim nations, including Turkey, who Sweden needs to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have taken offence at recent attacks on the Qur'an in Sweden and Denmark.

Many have criticised Sweden after Stockholm police received requests for demonstrations that included burning other religious books.

Although Swedish courts have ruled that police cannot prevent the burning of sacred texts, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's administration announced earlier in July that it would investigate whether there was a need to amend the Public Order Act to allow for the possibility of police being able to prevent Qur'an burnings.

Prior to this, Kristersson acknowledged that the police had received several applications for permits to burn religious texts in the nation the following week. He expressed concern that this might inflame tensions with the Muslim world.

Kristersson said on Thursday that he was "extremely concerned" about a new wave of desecrations in his first public remarks since the start of the crisis that has severely strained Stockholm's relations with Muslim countries.

"I don't make those decisions; the police do. "We face a number of days with the obvious risk of serious things happening if they (permits) are granted," Kristersson told TT.

Anger-filled protests have been held in Muslim nations as a result of a recent spate of public Qur'an desecrations by a small group of anti-Islam activists in Sweden and, more recently, in neighbouring Denmark.

Following the recent Qur'an burnings, according to the Swedish Security Service, Sweden's standing among Muslim countries and its security situation have both declined. The security service also warned that Sweden may now be vulnerable to threats from "within the violent Islamist milieu."

Tobias Billström, Sweden's foreign minister, and representatives from the security services appeared before the foreign affairs committee of the Swedish Parliament on Thursday to discuss the Qur'an burning crisis at the request of the opposition Social Democratic Party.

Billström told TT after the meeting that although the situation was critical, there was no "quick fix" to calm the anti-Swedish sentiment in the Muslim world.

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Billström was quoted by TT as saying, "Our primary and most important task is to protect Swedish interests and the safety of Swedes both here and abroad." "Everyone in our nation should take the developments that are currently under way very seriously."

A ministerial-level emergency meeting has been scheduled by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for July 31 to discuss the burnings of the Qur'an in Sweden and Denmark.