https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/polisen-bara-koranen-som-inte-far-brannas/
The police will no longer allow Koran burnings due to the threat posed to Sweden.
But it is still okay to burn other holy scriptures, according to an internal document Dagens Nyheter has seen.
A couple of weeks ago, the police switched sides regarding Koran burnings when a cultural association was refused permission to carry out a similar action as Rasmus Paludan outside the Turkish embassy.
The decision was taken after dialogue with Säpo, and the increased threat to Sweden is mentioned in the decision.
Now Dagens Nyheter reports that on the same day, the police’s legal department drew up an internal document which stated that Koran burnings should not be allowed. In the document, it appears, according to the newspaper, that other holy books or flags are not covered by the ban.
It takes a lot to deny a general assembly. In order to be able to refuse, according to the new guidelines, the police must make an “extensive” interpretation of the Public Order Act. In addition to security at the gathering itself, the risk of how severe is the threat of attacks against Sweden must also be addressed.
Henrik Wenander, professor of public law at Lund University, believes that such an argument from the police is very unusual.
“Here it was a broader reasoning and that is unusual. The law does not allow these abstract risks, but it must be at the site or in its immediate surroundings,” says Henrik Wenander to DN.
The cultural association that did not receive permission has appealed the decision, and Henrik Wenander does not believe that the police’s argument will hold.
“I find it difficult to see that the police’s decision will stand,” he says to the newspaper.
The police will no longer allow Koran burnings due to the threat posed to Sweden.
But it is still okay to burn other holy scriptures, according to an internal document Dagens Nyheter has seen.
A couple of weeks ago, the police switched sides regarding Koran burnings when a cultural association was refused permission to carry out a similar action as Rasmus Paludan outside the Turkish embassy.
The decision was taken after dialogue with Säpo, and the increased threat to Sweden is mentioned in the decision.
Now Dagens Nyheter reports that on the same day, the police’s legal department drew up an internal document which stated that Koran burnings should not be allowed. In the document, it appears, according to the newspaper, that other holy books or flags are not covered by the ban.
It takes a lot to deny a general assembly. In order to be able to refuse, according to the new guidelines, the police must make an “extensive” interpretation of the Public Order Act. In addition to security at the gathering itself, the risk of how severe is the threat of attacks against Sweden must also be addressed.
Henrik Wenander, professor of public law at Lund University, believes that such an argument from the police is very unusual.
“Here it was a broader reasoning and that is unusual. The law does not allow these abstract risks, but it must be at the site or in its immediate surroundings,” says Henrik Wenander to DN.
The cultural association that did not receive permission has appealed the decision, and Henrik Wenander does not believe that the police’s argument will hold.
“I find it difficult to see that the police’s decision will stand,” he says to the newspaper.
