Considering the Islamization of far-Left-ruled Sweden, this report is a welcome surprise. “Burning a Koran in itself is not illegal, says chamber prosecutor Sofia Syrén,” suggesting that neither is criticism or even mockery of Muhammad.
Malmö isn’t simply a “multicultural” city. It has a particularly high Muslim population, as well as high rate of Muslim violence. Conditions are so grave in the city that a Jewish congregation has warned that rising antisemitism is turning it into a no-go zone for Jews. Yet not only Jews are facing threats. UPS was forced to suspend deliveries there, citing attacks on drivers. It’s a town under siege by jihadists and Islamic supremacist thugs.
Every country in the West needs to stand united, support the freedom of expression, and oppose the Sharia. No hurt feelings of people of any faith should be considered a challenge to the freedom of speech. Yet the proclaimed hurt feelings of Muslims are creating pandemonium in Western societies, placing the freedom of speech and expression under serious threat.
An imam in France got thousands of death threats for calling the beheaded teacher in France a “martyr for freedom of expression.” Muslims who do not support freedom of expression do not belong in the West.
“No prosecution after Koran burning: ‘Unable to prove crime,'” translated from “Inget åtal efter koranbränning: ‘Går inte att styrka brott,'” SVT, November 16, 2020:
It was not incitement against an ethnic group to set fire to a Koran in Malmö in August. The prosecutor has decided to close the preliminary investigation.
It was originally the Danish party leader Rasmus Paludan who was planning to burn a Koran in Malmö. However, the police stopped his entry into Sweden, when another man decided to burn Islam’s holy book, an action published by Samhällsnytt.
Prosecutors began a preliminary investigation into incitement against ethnic groups, but this was dropped on Thursday, which Sydsvenskan was the first to report.
– It is not possible to prove that a crime has been committed, burning a Koran in itself is not illegal, says chamber prosecutor Sofia Syrén.
She made the assessment to close the preliminary investigation based on, among other things, obtained witness information and the video from the scene.
– We have looked at what is happening around, how the person expresses themselves and so on, she says.
Two preliminary investigations are closed
In connection with the burning of the Koran at Emiltstorp, a large crowd gathered at Stortorget in Malmö. This incident has also been the subject of a preliminary investigation that was closed on Thursday. Sofia Syrén has also reviewed video and witness information here.
– From the material, it appears that there are people who have expressed themselves in a way that is to be judged as incitement against ethnic groups, but these people cannot be identified, she says.
Let’s say that they had burned the Koran at the same time as the events on Stortorget, where they incited an ethnic group and kicked the Koran, would it have been incitement against an ethnic group?
– I would rather not answer that. There are too many unknown parameters, says chamber prosecutor Sofia Syrén.
The two events later that day resulted in a violent riot in Rosengård, where people threw stones at the police. Six people were charged last week with violent rioting.