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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Swedish court jails far-right leader who burned Qur’an

Danish leader of the far-right party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, was also ordered to pay damages.
Danish leader of the far-right party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, was also ordered to pay damages. Photograph: Fredrik Sandberg/TT/EPA

A far-right Danish-Swedish politician has been sentenced to prison on charges of incitement against an ethnic group for burning copies of the Qur’an and making offensive statements about Muslims.

Rasmus Paludan was the first person to go on trial in Sweden – and is now the first to be sentenced – for burning the Qur’an during an organised demonstration.

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