• Religion Should heartburner Paludan be protected?

Sweden no longer allows

the Koran to be set on fire outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm

.

The Swedish Police has prohibited an action of this type scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, alleging that it cannot guarantee public order and security.

It is still not too clear who is behind the new burning attempt.

According to police sources, this time

it was not the far-right

Rasmus Paludan

who requested the permit, but "an individual who represents a cultural association."

It is unknown if the individual is related to the Swedish-Danish politician or if he is an impersonator.

The security forces have made the decision after a dialogue with the Säpo (the Swedish intelligence service), which this week revealed that there has been a considerable increase in terrorist threats against the country after Paludan burned the Koran in front of the Embassy on the 21st.

The Police affirm that the denial of the permit

is due to the fact that the act could cause serious disturbances to national security

.

"We are of the opinion that we made the correct assessment when we gave the green light to Paludan and that we have also done it now," said his spokesperson, Ola Österling.

"You have to take into account the situation on both occasions, and our assessment is that it has changed compared to the end of January."

Paludan's burning of the Koran provoked an angry reaction from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, outraged that the Swedish authorities allowed it to take place in front of his country's diplomatic legation.

Erdogan even threatened to definitively block Sweden's already problematic accession to NATO.

Paludan, an openly Islamophobic and racist lawyer who has run unsuccessfully as leader of the Hard Line party in both the Danish and Swedish midterm elections,

has announced that he will burn a Koran every Friday outside the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen

until the

Sweden is admitted to NATO.

So far, Denmark has not banned their demonstrations, although there has also been debate to what extent they should be allowed if they threaten general security or involve an excessive use of police resources.

The last one, last week, took place in any case amid quite general indifference.

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