Published 10 April 2023 at 14.20
Domestic. Setting fire to mosques is not allowed, so it should be forbidden to burn Korans as well. At least Carl Bildt, 73, thinks so.
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Carl Bildt makes the comment in an interview with Svenska Dagbladet.
The former prime minister and US agent believes that there are “strong reasons” to limit freedom of expression in this case.
– It is quite clear that burning down a mosque is not freedom of expression. But burning a book, is it freedom of expression? he says to SvD.
Somewhere “there is a limit to what you can burn as part of freedom of expression”, continues the 73-year-old liberal.
Turkey has previously demanded that Sweden ban Koran burning to be admitted to NATO. Säpo and the police have also tried to do this, but last week the administrative court overturned the decisions to ban Koran burnings at embassies in Stockholm. This made Turkey's foreign minister compare Sweden to Nazi Germany:
Turkey rages against the Swedish coronation:
The foreign minister compare Sweden with Nazi Germany.
Erdogan: Koran burning a "hate crime that must be stopped". https://t.co/TXLuPrc6UV
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