Focus - Public burning of Koran tests Sweden's stance on freedom of expression
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Focus – Public burning of Koran tests Sweden’s stance on freedom of expression

Libby Skiles

The run-up to Sweden’s general election this autumn has seen the leader of a right-wing extremist party tour the country, burning copies of the Koran. Rasmus Paludan’s actions have caused widespread riots across the country and calls for the burning of Islam’s holy book to be banned in Sweden. But former asylum seekers from the Muslim world are among the voices trying to resist any change in Sweden’s freedom of expression laws. 

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