‘Quran burning’ protest scuppers Turkey-Sweden NATO talks

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  1. Ah! He’s giving Sweden the silent treatment like to our PM…. Well if you think about it it’s not such a bad thing actually lol

  2. Really wish! Setting your national policy based on a book that talks about an invisible man that lives in the sky. What if they start burning fairy books? I mean they’re invisible creatures that live in forest. That’s the same almost

  3. you cannot define a hate crime as freedom of expression.

    I don’t expect Sweden to self-censor an act before it happens.

    The act had to take place for the crime to occur.

    What matters is what Sweden does from now on.

    will it be treated as a simple protest or a hate crime?

    -The Swedish Penal Code (English), chapter 16, section 8-

    *A person who, in a statement or other communication that is disseminated, threatens or expresses contempt for a population group by allusion to race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religious belief, sexual orientation or transgender identity or expression is guilty of agitation against a population group and is sentenced to imprisonment for at most two years or, if the offence is minor, to a fine. If the offence is gross, the person is guilty of gross agitation against a population group and is sentenced to imprisonment for at least six months and at most four years. When assessing whether the offence is gross, particular consideration is given to whether the communication had particularly threatening or offensive content and was disseminated to a large number of people in a way that was liable to attract considerable attention. Act 2018:1744.*

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