As late as the 19th century, blasphemy was considered a serious crime in Sweden, punishable by death. Like many Western countries, Sweden doesn’t have any blasphemy laws. There is no law in Sweden specifically prohibiting the burning or desecration of the Quran or other religious texts. And at the start of the year, a far-right activist from Denmark carried out a similar stunt outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. The same Iraqi man burned a Quran outside a Stockholm mosque last month in a similar protest that was approved by police. The protest was authorized by Swedish police, who kept a handful of agitated counterdemonstrators at a safe distance. In the latest such incident, an Iraqi living in Sweden on Thursday stomped on and kicked Islam’s holy book in a two-man rally outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm. A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed.
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