“Zviedrijas Tiesa: Korāna Dedzināšana Izsauc Mūslimu Empātiju” (in English: “Swedish Court: Quran Burning Causes Muslim Outrage”)

The burning of Islam’s holy book at a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January sparked Muslim outrage, sparking two weeks of protests and calls for a boycott of Swedish goods. This protest action became another obstacle on Sweden’s path to NATO.

Following the incident, the police refused to allow two other demonstrations, one by an individual and the other by an organization. During the demonstrations, it was planned to set fire to the Koran in front of the Turkish and Iraqi embassies in Stockholm in February.

The police explained that the demonstration that took place in January increased the risk that terrorist attacks could take place in Sweden.

The organizers of the planned demonstrations in February challenged the police decisions and the Stockholm Administrative Court overturned them. The court concluded that the police’s security concerns in this case were not a sufficient basis to limit the right to protest.

But Stockholm police challenged the court’s ruling at the appeals court, which today upheld the administrative court’s decision.

The Court of Appeal stated that the “order and security problems” mentioned by the police were not sufficiently clearly related to the planned demonstrations.

The judgment of the Court of Appeal can still be challenged in the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court.