According to the administrative court, the police did not have sufficient grounds to prohibit the burning of the Koran.
in Sweden police should have allowed the burning of the Koran outside the Turkish and Iraqi embassies in February, a court has ruled.
According to the administrative court, the police did not have sufficient grounds to prohibit the burning of the Koran. The police justified their decision at the time with the fact that previous Koran burning cases had caused strong reactions in the world and increased the threats against Sweden.
Far-right Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January, leading to a worsening of relations between Sweden and Turkey and contributing to the fact that Turkey has still not agreed to ratify Sweden’s membership in NATO.
