Swedish police said today, Thursday, that they refused to give permission to a person who applied to burn a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Stockholm.
The Stockholm police said in a statement that the incidents of burning the Koran increased and is likely to increase more in the future, and as a result of evaluating developments related to Swedish interests, a decision was taken not to grant permission.
The Swedish police did not provide any information on the identity of the person who made the request.
On January 21, the leader of the Danish far-right "hard line" party, Rasmus Paludan, burned a copy of the Qur'an near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, and this was done under the strict protection of the police, who prevented anyone from approaching him while he was committing this provocative act.
A few days later, Al-Wudan burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen and in front of a mosque.
The leader of the "PEGIDA" extremist anti-Islam group in the Netherlands, Edwin Wagensfeld, tore up a copy of the Holy Qur'an in front of the Dutch parliament building.
These abuses caused a sensation in the Islamic world, and Turkey considered them a "provocative act" that constituted a "hate crime".