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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Man tears up and burns Quran in protest approved by Swedish police

Marie Mannes/Reuters

A man tore up and burned a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on the first day of Eid – after police granted permission for the demonstration

Police later charged the man with agitation against an ethnic or national group. While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Quran demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed on freedom of speech.

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