Sweden prime minister: Sweden has got the target of terrorists` attacks following Quran burning

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Sweden raised its terror alert to the second-highest level on Thursday, concerned that recent burnings of the Quran have made it a target for Islamist extremists.

The Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, told a news conference: “There are also several examples of terrorist groups that have urged their sympathizers around the world to take revenge for the Quran burnings that have taken place in Sweden.

Among them are Hezbollah in Lebanon, al-Shabab in Somalia and al-Qaida.”

Sweden’s laws on the freedom of speech have allowed the burnings to take place, a situation criticized by Muslim majority countries.