Religions in Sweden

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, urged Sweden to strengthen its engagement and dialogue with faith communities to combat religious or belief intolerance

A Syrian Muslim who obtained permission from the Swedish police to burn the Torah and the Bible in front of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm chose not to burn the sacred books.

Sweden recently faced strong criticism from Muslim countries for allowing protesters to burn the Quran at small anti-Islam demonstrations.

Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Quran burning outside a Stockholm mosque.

Swedish Embassy in Baghdad stormed in protest at Quran burning.

Burning Quran by a far-right activist in Sweden has increased the threat of attacks in the Scandinavian country. .