Swedish towns have faced unrest since Thursday due to nationwide right-wing rallies. The clashes are accompanied by a meeting of the Danish Stram Kurs (Hard Leadership) party, which has announced plans to burn the Koran, Reuters reported. Left-wing activists and Muslim opponents torched police vans, threw stones at police officers and demonstrated against the burning of the Koran with the words “Allah Akbar”.
In recent days, Sweden has been surrounded by the leader of the far-right Danish party, Tough Direction, which calls for the banning of Islam, Rasmus Paludan. He holds his meetings near neighborhoods where large numbers of migrants live, trying to set fire to the Koran. The meetings, in which dozens of party supporters take part, are accompanied by more numerous counter-demonstrations.
# Denmark Lidmus Rasud Paludan’ın, leader of the Stram Kurs
Guest group Paludan’a tepki ile polis arasında çatışma yaşandı#Sweden #protests pic.twitter.com/Ns3GM9Lfkf
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April 16, 2022
At least four police officers and a spectator were injured on Friday in Örebro. Several police cars were set on fire and some demonstrators threw stones or other objects at police officers who were protecting Danish supporters. 500 people took part in the counter-demonstration.
#Sweden????????- Following the planned burning of a Quran by Stram Kurs’ Rasmus Paludan, violence broke out inside # Linkoping before going to # Norrkoping, #Rinkeby and #Stockholm. Some police vehicles have been damaged and officers are withdrawing with injuries pic.twitter.com/g0QlGu33Rx
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April 16, 2022
The first protests against the action have been registered by police in southern Sweden, where Paludan is planning another meeting. It was originally to take place in Landskrona, where dozens of opponents had gathered, but organizers moved it to Malmö. Hundreds of police are on the streets in the face of aggressive blackouts by opponents of the party.
The riots were condemned by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. “Swedish citizens are allowed to express their opinions, whether they are in good or bad taste. It is part of our democracy,” she said. According to her, the riots are the kind of reaction Paludan expects.
The Stram Kurs party ran in the Danish parliamentary elections in 2019. But it only got 1.8% of the vote. It did not cross the 2% mark and remained at the gates of parliament. Paludan demonstratively burns the Quran during his meetings, as seen in the video.
#Sweden????????- In # Linkopingleader and politician Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Rasmus Paludan attempted to set fire to a copy of the Quran, with more than 200 people reactingpic.twitter.com/GNlSLDVjJI
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April 16, 2022
Muslims rioted, chased police and burned police vehicles after Danish anti-immigration party Stram Kurs traveled to Sweden and burned a copy of the Koran.
Here they shout Allahu Akbar as they are allowed to riot and burn police vans pic.twitter.com/k4y5ed6Oyk
– Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK)
April 15, 2022
Muslims are rebelling against the burning of the Koran in the hands of extremists. During the protests, opponents chased police into the streets and set fire to police vans. During police riots on Friday, 12 police officers were injured and four police vehicles were set on fire.
Source: Echo24
