(European Conservative) A Swedish man faces trial this week on charges of incitement to racial hatred for the burning of a copy of the Islamic Quran in what could become a precedent-setting case, as prosecutors have been reluctant to pursue charges against Quran-burning protesters in the past.
The case involves a 27-year-old man who filmed himself burning a copy of the Quran, which was wrapped in bacon, on September 11th, 2020, and then proceeding to drop off the burned Quran outside of a local mosque in Linköping, broadcaster SVT reports.
Alongside the Quran, the man is said to have placed various signs, including one that stated that the prophet Mohammed was a “paedophile,” and the film was set to music that was also played by Brenton Tarrant during the massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.
