Swedish police grant permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Quran outside Stockholm's main mosque at the start of the Muslim three-day Eid al Adha holiday
Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson said that Sweden still wanted to join NATO before or at its summit in Vilnius next month. / Photo: Reuters
The green light came two weeks after a Swedish appeals court rejected a police ban on Quran burning protests, following a burning of Islam's holy book outside Türkiye's embassy in January which led to weeks of protests, calls for a boycott of Swedish goods and further stalled Sweden's NATO membership bid.
Sweden and Finland abandoned decades of military non-alignment in the wake of Russia's offensive in Ukraine last year, seeking greater security by joining NATO.Sweden has set its sights on joining at the alliance's July 11-12 summit and while it has support from other members including the United States, both Türkiye and Hungary have so far held back from ratification.
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