{"id":1966736,"date":"2023-07-07T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-considers-ban-on-public-quran-burnings\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:20:41","slug":"sweden-considers-ban-on-public-quran-burnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-considers-ban-on-public-quran-burnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden may prohibit public Quran burnings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsweden-considers-ban-on-public-quran-burnings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The Swedish Government Considers Changing Law to Prevent Quran Burnings<\/h2>\n<p>The Swedish government is currently examining the possibility of amending the law to prohibit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paraguay-lawmaker-mocks-mask-mandate-by-wearing-underwear-on-his-head\/\" title=\"Paraguay: Lawmaker Mocks Mask Mandate by Wearing Underwear on His Head\">public burning<\/a> of the Quran. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer revealed this in an interview with the Aftonbladet paper on Thursday. Recent incidents of Quran burnings have not only caused outrage in the Muslim world but have also compromised Sweden&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<h3>Outrage and Security Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden burned the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-considers-ban-on-public-quran-burnings\/\" title=\"Sweden may prohibit public Quran burnings.\">sparking widespread condemnation<\/a>, including from the Pope. The Swedish Security services have expressed their concerns, stating that such actions make the country less safe.<\/p>\n<h3>Freedom of Speech Laws<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this year, the police rejected several applications for protests that involved burning the Quran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-slams-biden-for-allowing-beijings-propaganda-to-dictate-americans\/\" title=\"Pompeo Slams Biden for Allowing Beijing\u2019s Propaganda to \u2018Dictate\u2019 Americans\">citing security reasons<\/a>. However, the courts later overturned these decisions, asserting that such acts are protected by Sweden&#8217;s extensive freedom of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-uk-resistance-to-transgender-activism-is-fueled-by-socialized-medicine-and-feminist-wine-moms\/\" title=\"In the UK, Resistance to Transgender Activism Is Fueled by Socialized Medicine and Feminist Wine Moms\">speech laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Law Change<\/h3>\n<p>The Minister of Justice in Sweden announced that the government is currently analyzing the situation and considering whether the law should be revised to allow the police to deny such requests. &#8220;We need to evaluate whether the current system is effective or if there is a need for reconsideration,&#8221; Strommer stated in the interview with Aftonbladet.<\/p>\n<h3>Threats to Internal Security<\/h3>\n<p>Strommer also highlighted that Sweden has become a &#8220;prioritized target&#8221; for attacks, emphasizing the threats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">internal security<\/a> that have arisen as a result of the Quran burning incident. The incident has had broader implications as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on NATO Application<\/h3>\n<p>The Quran burnings have not only damaged Sweden&#8217;s internal security but have also affected its bid to join NATO. Turkey&#8217;s President Tayyip Erdogan has stated that his country cannot ratify Sweden&#8217;s application until Quran burnings are halted.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Johan Ahlander; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swedish government is considering legal amendments to prevent public Quran burnings, which have jeopardized national security. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer stated that recent incidents, including an Iraqi immigrant burning the holy book outside a Stockholm mosque, have prompted this examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1966737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}