Sweden condemns the burning of the Koran

Christerson described the incident as a "disgraceful act".

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Christerson condemned the far-right Rasmus Paludan's burning of a copy of the Holy Quran in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

Christerson said, in a tweet on the social networking site «Twitter», yesterday: «Freedom of expression is an essential part of democracy, but what is legal does not have to be appropriate.

Burning books that are sacred to many is an extremely disgraceful act.”

He continued, "I want to express my sympathy to all Muslims who felt offended by what happened in Stockholm."

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