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The leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson delivers a speech at the party's election watch in Nacka, near Stockholm late Sunday evening on September 11, 2022. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
November 27, 2023, 5:36 pm
Swedish PM denounces far-right politician’s call to destroy ‘anti-democratic’ mosques
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson condemns remarks by Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson, warns they will further harm Sweden’s international standing and chances of joining NATO
By AFP
Police patrol as a van is towed from a shooting scene in the center of Brussels, Octoberr 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)
October 17, 2023, 1:07 pm
Police shoot dead suspect in killing of 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street
Amid highest terror alert in capital, Belgian authorities say uncertain if alleged Tunisian extremist is the gunman; soccer fans were kept in stadium for 2 hours, match suspended
By Agencies
Israel's Ambassador to Sweden Ziv Nevo Kulman (center), and Gothenburg Book Fair director Frida Edman (left), at Professor Christer Mattsson's forum on antisemitism in the book fair program, September 29, 2023 (Israel Embassy in Sweden)
October 4, 2023, 6:55 pm
Israeli ambassador accuses major Sweden book fair of antisemitism
Ziv Nevo Kulman alleges that Gothenburg Book Fair organizers ‘systematically’ excluded Israel, despite Jewish culture theme; fair directors say they’re ‘puzzled’ by charge
By Lazar Berman
Firefighters work on a roof of the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre damaged by a Russian attack in Chernihiv, Ukraine, August 19, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
August 19, 2023, 4:51 pm
Young girl among 7 killed in Russian strike on Ukraine’s Chernihiv
Missiles hit theater and university, Ukraine’s president says after arriving in Sweden; Putin meets top general in city briefly taken over by Wagner Group
By AP
A counter-demonstrator extinguishes a Quran on fire outside the Iranian embassy, in Stockholm, Friday, August 18, 2023. A woman with a fire extinguisher on Friday raced toward the man who set fire to a Quran outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm but was stopped by plain clothes officers. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
August 18, 2023, 7:27 pm
Woman interrupts Sweden Quran-burning, sprays activist with fire extinguisher
Anti-Islam activist unhurt and continues his Quran-burning protest outside Iranian embassy after police detain woman
By AP
Supporters of a radical Islamist party 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan' burn a representation of a Swedish flag during a rally to denounce burning of Islam's holy book Quran, in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 7, 2023. (Fareed Khan/AP)
August 14, 2023, 3:20 pm
Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after threats over Quran desecrations
National security adviser says terror groups have called for attacks against country, making it a ‘priority’ target
By AP
Protestor Salwan Momika appears outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023, where he burned a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP)
July 31, 2023, 7:05 pm
As another Quran burned, Sweden says it’s seeking action on holy book desecrations
Justice minister says Stockholm conducting ‘process of analysis’ amid outrage over repeated incidents
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
July 31, 2023, 5:43 am
Denmark, Sweden seek ways to prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
Recent string of public Quran desecrations by handful of anti-Islam activists have sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JARI TANNER
A woman burns a piece of paper in front of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm on July 28, 2023. (Screen capture/Hedlund Media TV, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
July 28, 2023, 5:10 pm
In about-face, Swedish woman burns paper instead of Torah outside Israeli embassy
Woman is 2nd in recent weeks to threaten to burn the holy book only to walk it back; Israel warned Stockholm that allowing demonstration would harm bilateral relations
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in Stockholm, May 15, 2023. (MAG/ Israel Embassy in Sweden)
July 28, 2023, 1:06 pm
FM Cohen urges Swedish counterpart to prevent Torah burning outside embassy
Top diplomat says he’s ‘horrified’ by approval of event in Stockholm; Billström reportedly replies he’ll look into constitutional amendments to stop acts
By ToI Staff
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
July 24, 2023, 7:52 am
International Islamic group suspends Sweden’s special envoy over Quran desecrations
57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation accuses Swedish authorities of enabling ‘repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols’
By AP
Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
July 22, 2023, 2:34 pm
Protesters try to storm Baghdad Green Zone over apparent burning of Quran in Denmark
Crowd tries to enter heavily fortified area following reports a Danish ultranationalist group burned a copy of holy book outside the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen
By ali jabar and JARI TANNER
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Tahrir Square, Thursday، July 20, 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq. The protest was in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden. (AP Photo/Adil AL-Khazali)
July 21, 2023, 2:31 pm
Muslim nations outraged following latest Quran desecration in Sweden
Iraq cuts off ties with Stockholm after Iraqi-born Christian stands on Islamic holy book outside Iraqi embassy in Swedish capital
By Jon Gambrell, ABBY SEWELL, Nasser Karimi and Munir Ahmed
Protesters scale a wall at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
July 20, 2023, 4:33 pm
Iraq expels Swedish ambassador following Quran desecration in Stockholm
Protesters in Baghdad break into Swedish embassy after Stockholm’s refusal to prevent repeated anti-Muslim protest
By ali jabar and ABBY SEWELL
Protesters scale a wall at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
July 20, 2023, 8:34 am
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning
Demonstrators angered at latest plans to burn holy book in Stockholm set small fire in compound; Sweden says all diplomats and workers safe
By ali jabar and anna sewell
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