Swedish PM On Edge Over Further Koran Burnings
27th July 2023
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is “extremely worried” about the consequences if more demonstrations go ahead in which the Koran is desecrated, he said on Thursday, amid growing Muslim anger at a series of attacks on Islam’s holy book.
Attacks on the Koran in Sweden and Denmark have offended many Muslim countries including Turkey, whose backing Sweden needs to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a goal of Stockholm’s following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Kristersson told Swedish news agency TT that further requests had been filed with police for permission to hold protests where desecration of the Koran was again planned.
“If they are granted, we are going to face some days where there is a clear risk of something serious happening. I am extremely worried about what it could lead to,” he said.
What would happen if Christians reacted that way to burning a Bible? Or if patriots reacted that way to burning the American flag? The relevant point is that there is no ‘freedom of speech’ in Islam.
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.