Authorities in Malmo, Sweden, have granted permission for a Quran-burning event scheduled to take place tomorrow, igniting concerns over potential unrest and division within the community.

STOCKHOLM, August 3. /TASS/. A police-authorized demonstration involving burning of the Quran took place on a beach at Lake Malaren outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm, not far from the ...

The court argued that the motive of the Quran-burning incidents "clearly exceeded the bounds of objective debate and criticism," Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported. The Quran ...

Najem has appealed the verdict. The two men were accused of desecrating the Quran, including by burning it, while making derogatory remarks about Muslims — on two of the occasions outside a Stockholm ...

Most Swedes also disagree with the Quran burnings. More than half of the respondents to a recent poll by Sweden's public broadcaster SVT said they favor a ban on burning holy books such as the Quran.

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Stockholm – Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on March 21.

Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said. Momika, ...

As Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference on Wednesday, there can be no speculation about how this fully sanctioned Quran burning demonstration could affect Sweden's ...

The European Union has strongly condemned the recent Quran burning incident that took place in Sweden. In a statement, the European Union described the act as offensive, disrespectful, and a clear act ...

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In a televised speech to lawmakers in Pakistan's parliament the previous day, Sharif asked why Swedish police allowed the burning of the Quran. On Friday, he urged his supporters “to send a ...