“The police are allowing the meeting,” because “the security risks” linked to the burning of the Quran “are not such as to ban it,” the police said in the decision. The Swedish authorities then banned several Koran burnings, but were later overruled by the judge. He ruled that the constitution allows such protests.
LOOK. Erdogan furious after Quran burning at protest in Sweden in January
A right-wing activist set fire to a Quran in the capital in January. This led to angry reactions in Turkey and other Islamic countries. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said afterwards that Sweden cannot count on Turkey’s support for obtaining NATO membership.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson acknowledged that it is unclear when his country will be able to join the military alliance, which is due to summit in Lithuania next month. “No one can promise that it will happen in Vilnius or just before Vilnius,” said Kristersson. “Although that has always been our ambition.”