Lebanese international affairs expert Abdo Laqis spoke about the recent Quran-burning protest attended by Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan in a January 23, 2023 show on Al-Masirah TV (Houthis-Yemen). He claimed that the Swedes engage in human trafficking and “sell” the children of Muslim refugees to homosexual families who rape them and “rent them out for disgraceful and immoral acts.” Laqis also said that Muslims don’t need Western countries, but that the West needs Muslim countries because of their resources.