According to Swedish media, the organizers behind the ... Additionally, the police are currently processing another application for a Quran burning in Malmo scheduled for Saturday, further ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been ...

Malmö District Court has sentenced far-right Danish extremist Rasmus Paludan to four months in prison for hate crimes, after a number of Quran-burnings in the city in 2022, where he also made ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even tied the Quran burnings to Stockholm’s bid to join NATO, suggesting he would hold up the process if Swedish authorities kept granting permits for the ...

Quran burnings have also been happening in Denmark. But the extent of Sweden's freedom of expression laws means Swedish authorities have found the controversial public displays much harder to stop.

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 ...

STOCKHOLM, August 22. /TASS/. The organizer of Quran-burning rallies, Salwan Momika, has sent 12 new applications to hold similar protests over the next three weeks in Stockholm, Malmo and Orebro ...

In August 2023, Swedish intelligence service Sapo raised its threat level to four on a scale of one to five, saying the Quran burnings had made the country a “prioritised target”. Deputy Prime ...

After burning the Quran, he said "I am not leaving Sweden. I will live and die in Sweden" and accused Swedish officials of having "hidden political propaganda". Chief Councilor Karin Dahlin ...

TASS/. Riots broke out in the Swedish city of Malmo after the most recent Quran-burning rally there, the SVT TV reported, citing police. According to the channel, the riots took place early on Monday.

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"Although the burning of the Quran failed in the recent incident ... The ministry urged the Swedish government to reassess the fairness and equal application of freedom of speech and take ...