Sweden is unable to prevent the burning of the quran by anti-Muslim extremists in front of the embassies of Muslim countries.
This Friday, there has been a new anti islamic protest in which a copy of the Muslim holy book was burned, this time in front of the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm.
Iran, ruled by a islamic theocracyhas been one of the Muslim countries that have protested the most against the burning of the Koran on previous occasions.
In addition, this new incident occurs one day after the Swedish authorities raised the level of terrorist threat to the second highest.
According to Swedish media, the person responsible was once again the Iraqi refugee Salwan Momikawho together with his compatriot Salwan Naiem It has already burned several Korans before various diplomatic representations, which has caused protests from numerous countries with Islam as the state religion.
Before the embassy of iranlocated in the municipality of Lindingö, on the outskirts of Stockholm, several counter-protesters also gathered.
A woman broke through the police barriers with a fire extinguisher to put out the burning Koran, but was stopped by the officers protecting Momika, according to the newspaper. dagens nyheter.
Also today the Swedish Government had announced that it will study whether it is possible to amend the law in such a way that it takes into account the national security risk when granting permission for protest acts such as those called by Momika.
However, the Swedish Minister of Justice, Gunnar Stroemmerstressed that, if this occurs, it will be within the framework of the current Constitution.
“Any changes in Swedish law must occur within the framework of the current protection of freedom of expressionfreedom of assembly and freedom of demonstration,” he declared, noting that Sweden will remain a country where religions can be criticized.
The Swedish security services announced yesterday that, for the first time in seven years, the threat level goes from the third to the fourth step, on a scale of five, which means that it is now “high”, although they rejected that there are specific suspicions and They talked about a conjoint analysis.
“We find that the situation regarding the threat of an attack against Sweden has worsened and that this threat is going to persist for a long time,” said the head of the Säpo, at a press conference. charlotte vonessen.
The burning of the Koran in Sweden has caused great demonstrations in Yemen or Iraqwhere the Swedish embassy was also set on fire, while several governments of Muslim-majority countries have warned that allowing such acts may have consequences for diplomatic relations.
The Swedish authorities also confirmed last week a failed attempt to attack their embassy in the Lebanonwhen an unknown person threw an object similar to a Molotov cocktail against the entrance of the legation, although no one was injured.
