(Local) A majority of Swedes believe it should be illegal to burn the Quran or the holy books of other religions, like the Bible or Torah, in public, according to a new survey.
Over half of Swedes, 53 percent, agreed that burning holy books should be banned, according to the survey by Kantar Public on behalf of public broadcaster SVT.
This is an increase of 11 percent since Kantar Public asked the same question in a survey for TV4 back in February. Kantar Public’s senior advisor Toivo Sjörén believes that this increase is in part due to the international reaction to recent Quran-burnings by individuals in Sweden.
