Authorities in Malmo, Sweden, have granted permission for a Quran-burning event scheduled to take place tomorrow, igniting concerns over potential unrest and division within the community.

Salwan Momika, notorious for his provocative acts of desecrating and burning the Quran in Sweden, was fatally shot in his apartment building on the outskirts of Stockholm on Wednesday evening.

STOCKHOLM, August 3. /TASS/. A police-authorized demonstration involving burning of the Quran took place on a beach at Lake Malaren outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm, not far from the ...

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Most Swedes also disagree with the Quran burnings. More than half of the respondents to a recent poll by Sweden's public broadcaster SVT said they favor a ban on burning holy books such as the Quran.

The prosecution of a man for burning a Quran "evokes the notion of blasphemy", a legal expert has said. Human rights lawyer ...

TASS/. Investigators have identified five suspects in the killing of Iraqi anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika over his burning of the Quran, the Swedish Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday.

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The European Union has strongly condemned the recent Quran burning incident that took place in Sweden. In a statement, the European Union described the act as offensive, disrespectful, and a clear act ...

Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador in protest at a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm that has prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. An ...