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Sweden charges two men over 2023 Quran burnings

A woman holds a placard that reads, 'Al-Quran is our honour,' during a protest in front of the Swedish embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [File: Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]

Two men in Sweden will go on trial after burning the Quran several times during protests last year, which sparked widespread outrage in Muslim countries.

Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday that Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem committed “offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group” four separate times.

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