The Swedish Police have given permission to protesters who plan to burn a Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque on Wednesday, during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival celebration.
, the Swedish security operatives made this known in a written statement claiming that the permission was given because “the security risks associated with the burning were not of a nature that could justify, under current laws, a decision to reject the request.”
Police claimed security concerns at the time, following the January burning of the Muslim holy book outside Turkey's embassy, which sparked weeks of protests, and calls for a boycott of Swedish goods, and further hampered Sweden's NATO membership quest. Police then prohibited two more requests for protests involving Quran burnings outside the Turkish and Iraqi embassies in Stockholm in February, one by a single individual and one by an organisation.
“I want to protest in front of the large mosque in Stockholm, and I want to express my opinion about the Quran... I will tear up the Quran and burn it,” Salwan Momika, 37, wrote in the application, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.Several police cars were already parked near the mosque, according to an AFP correspondent.
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