Sweden’s scandalous decision: Ban on burning Quran is lifted

The court ruled that “security risk concerns” were not enough to limit the right to demonstrate. The objective was to prohibit the protests in flames so that similar actions would not be repeated.

According to Euronews, the action carried out by the leader of the far-right party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, by burning the Koran in front of the Stockholm Embassy in Turkey on January 21, caused tension between Turkey and Sweden. . Turkey was particularly concerned about the police allowing the demonstration, and Ankara later halted NATO negotiations with Sweden, citing other reasons.

“DID NOT FOUND SUFFICIENT ELEMENT OF SUPPORT”

Finally, last month, the Swedish police decided to ban ‘Quran burning’ actions, but the Swedish Administrative Court overturned this ban.

Referring to the planned protests outside the Turkish and Iraqi embassies in Stockholm, Judge Eva-Lotta Hedin said: “There were not enough elements of support for the police decision.”

ARRESTED 5 SUSPECTS OF PLANNING TERRORIST ACTION

On the other hand, the Swedish Internal Security Agency (Toad) announced that 5 people suspected of planning a ‘terrorist act’ were arrested the morning the decision was announced. The people arrested were claimed to be in connection with the act of burning the Holy Quran in front of the Swedish embassy in January.

The arrests made early Tuesday morning took place in the towns of Eskilstuna, Linkoping and Strangnas. The suspects were announced to be linked to international “Radical Islam.” However, the Security Service said an attack is not expected anytime soon. “The Security Agency often needs to take early action to prevent a threat,” the statement said. “We can’t wait for a crime to be committed before we take action,” he said.

“This case was one of several that Sapo was working on involving the burning of the Koran,” said Susanna Trehorning, vice president of Sapo’s counterterrorism unit.