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 ...

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The prosecution of a man for burning a Quran "evokes the notion of blasphemy", a legal expert has said. Human rights lawyer ...

Throughout 2023, Sweden witnessed several public Quran-burning incidents, which fueled violent protests across the Islamic world, according to Hotnews. These events not only escalated tensions ...

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.

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.

Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador in protest at a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm that has prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. An ...

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. Stockhom District Court has ...

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 ...

Sweden's embassy in Pakistan reopened on Wednesday for people applying for and renewing work and residency permits, two years ...