STOCKHOLM (AA) – Swedes who want a ban to be introduced for desecrating holy books including the Quran have increased to 53%, two points higher than the previous poll. The latest survey was conducted by the Swedish opinion poll company SIFO. Some 37% were in favor of burning holy books within the scope of freedom […]
LONDON (AA) – Sweden’s counter-terrorism chief warned Thursday that the country’s image has changed after the repeated Quran burnings in Stockholm. Fredrik Hallstrom said at a news conference that Sweden will probably “live with it for a time and we have to survive with that image,” reported the N WORLD media outlet. The image circulatin...
LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – The Swedish prime minister on Friday voiced respect for Denmark’s step toward criminalizing the public desecration of religious scriptures. “I have great respect for what Denmark is doing,” Ulf Kristersson said at a news conference, according to local media. He added that Sweden and Denmark have differe...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the charge d’affaires of Sweden and Denmark separately over the continued desecration of the Holy Quran, state media said. The director of the human rights department at the ministry condemned the “continuation of the brazen and heinous acts” of insults to t...
