(Euractiv) An application to burn a Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm has been processed and refused by the police on Thursday as tensions with Turkey over Sweden’s NATO applications are still high.
Stockholm police have, for the second time in a row, refuse[d] a Quran burning initially planned on Monday, SVT Nyheter reported Thursday.
“The decision is justified on the grounds that the protest could lead to an increased terrorist threat to Sweden,” the TV channel announced.
“Overall, the Security Service believes that Quran burning in itself has increased, and may increase in the future, the threat of attacks against Sweden and Swedish interests in the short term,” the police decision, which was taken in consultation with the Swedish Security Service known as Säpo, says.
