Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and several other Muslim countries have condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran in Stockholm as Muslims worldwide celebrated Eid al-Adha, a major Islamic festival.

A man said to be an Iraqi national tore up and burned a Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque during a demonstration authorized by the Swedish government on Wednesday, angering countries in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Dozens of Iraqi protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad following a call for an "angry demonstration" by the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, according to Iraqi media reports.

Morocco has recalled its ambassador from Sweden for an indefinite period and summoned Sweden's chargé d'affaires in Rabat to express its "strong condemnation of this attack and its rejection of this unacceptable act."

Lebanon, Sudan and Jordan on Thursday joined a list of countries that have summoned top Swedish diplomats in their soils.

The move authorized by a Swedish court is "provocative, unwise and unacceptable", especially during the Hajj pilgrimage and Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Sudanese foreign ministry described the incident as "a disgraceful and provocative act to Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid al-Adha".

In its permit for Wednesday's demonstration, Swedish police said that while it "may have foreign policy consequences", the security risks and consequences linked to a Quran burning were not of such a nature that the application should be rejected.

Swedish police charged the man who burned the holy book with agitation against an ethnic or national group.