Did Jordan detain the Swedish ambassador in Amman in reaction to the burning of the Quran in Stockholm? No, that's not true: Jordan did not detain the Swedish ambassador in Amman, which would violate international law and diplomatic norms and create a big diplomatic crisis between the two nations.
The claim appeared in multiple posts on social media websites like this post on Facebook, and a similar video with the same claim appeared as a video (archived here). The post opened:
"In a dangerous escalation, security authorities in Amman detain the Swedish ambassador in Amman."
The post also claims that Jordan is demanding the expatriation of Quran burner, an Iraqi asylum seeker in Stockholm named Salwan Momika, back to Iraq in exchange for the ambassador's release.
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Tue Jul 25 13:14:41 2023 UTC)
Jordan did not detain the Swedish ambassador in Amman. An incident that was to take place would've generated a major diplomatic crisis between the two nations with significant media coverage. A search for the phrase "Jordon detain Swedish ambassador" using Google News' index of thousands of credible news sites in Arabic and English did not return any reports corroborating this claim.
Jordan and many other Muslim nations summon the Swedish Charge d'affairs to protest the Swedish government giving permission to desecrate the holy book of Islam.
