Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the Indonesian capital on Monday to protest the burning of a copy of the Quran by a right-wing politician in Sweden.

The protesters assembled in front of the Swedish embassy in Jakarta where they set fire to the Swedish flag. They called on the Indonesian government to sever ties with Sweden and to boycott all things from the country.

The rally came after the leader of a Danish far-right political party, Rasmus Paludan, burned a Quran earlier this month in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

This angered Muslims around the world and sparked mass protests, including in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
The Indonesian government has strongly condemned the burning of the holy book. Last week, it summoned the Swedish Ambassador to the country, Marina Berg.