Sweden’s prime minister says police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the country next week after a recent string of public Quran desecrations sparked demonstrations across Muslim countries this month
Sweden does not have a law specifically prohibiting the burning or desecration of the Quran or other religious texts. / Photo: Reuters Archive
“It’s the police that make those decisions, not me. If they are granted, we face a number of days with the obvious risk of serious things happening,” Kristersson told TT.
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