The desecration of the Muslim holy e-book has as soon as once more reportedly taken place in Sweden
A lady professing to be a Christian activist has staged a Quran-burning within the Swedish capital, the Turkish information outlet A Haber reported on X (former Twitter) on Sunday.
In response to the report, the incident befell on April 26 in Stockholm. In a video posted on-line by the outlet, an individual recognized as 48-year-old Jade Sandberg is seen torching the Muslim holy e-book whereas waving a Christian cross over it and screaming “Islam out of Sweden!” The protest is believed to have been sanctioned by the native authorities, as cops on website don’t seem to have tried to cease it.
Sandberg additionally posted footage and photographs from the demonstration on her personal X account, the place she claims to be a “priest, exorcist and demonologist,” in addition to an “activist and crusader towards the satan’s faith of Islam.” This week’s Quran-torching is at the least her second this yr.
There have been a slew of such protests throughout Sweden since 2023, when Danish right-wing politician Rasmus Paludan, who additionally holds Swedish citizenship, burned the Islamic textual content in entrance of the Turkish embassy in January 2023.
İSVEÇ’TE BİR ALÇAK EYLEM DAHAİsveç’in başkenti Stockholm’de Jade Sandberg isimli İslam karşıtı bir kadın, polis korumasında Kur’an-ı Kerim yaktı. pic.twitter.com/XoIAKwYhT5
— A Haber (@ahaber) April 28, 2024
Swedish authorities have condemned such acts, however nonetheless largely allowed them to go forward, citing the nation’s legal guidelines guaranteeing the fitting to freedom of expression. Beneath the nation’s Public Order Act, an individual should apply for a allow from the police to stage a protest, however can solely be refused on security grounds.
Many Muslim-majority international locations have condemned the burnings as Islamophobic, and Türkiye even instructed Sweden that it will block its NATO accession plans so long as it allowed the desecration of the Quran. Ankara later ratified the bid nevertheless, and the Nordic state was formally admitted to the US-led navy bloc final month.
Stockholm stated final yr it deliberate to amend the Public Order Act in an effort to forestall Quran-burning incidents sooner or later. Swedish regulators are anticipated to finalize their evaluation of the draft regulation by early summer season.
Earlier this month, Swedish tv channel SVT reported that police had obtained one other request to carry a Quran-burning demonstration on Could 3, the day earlier than the beginning of the Eurovision track contest, which this yr takes place within the southern Swedish metropolis of Malmö.
