Rasmus Paludan, known for his anti-Islam extremism, says he would burn the Quran every Friday until Sweden is included in the NATO alliance.
The two giant pandas were brought to Finland in January 2018, nine months after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Nordic country and signed a joint agreement on protecting the animals.
The planned protest, intending to burn a scroll of Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, has been called off after the involvement of senior Israeli and Swedish officials.
Advanced artificial intelligence could pose a threat to "kill everyone" and there would be nothing humans could do to prevent it if it’s not regulated like nuclear weapons, experts warn.
The toxic mix of far-right nationalists and PKK terror supporters is sowing seeds of hatred in Europe against both Muslims and Türkiye. And Sweden is sitting on a powder keg.
Prior to the January 21 Quran burning incident, rabid anti-Muslim Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan received a public dressing down in the city of Sodertalje, where he tried to set the holy book alight.
According to local media, some asylum seekers are being kidnapped by traffickers in the UK, where at least 200 children have gone missing over the last year and a half.
Swedish officials pick and choose when they want to be free speech absolutists, and when they decide a horrific red line has finally been crossed.
Türkiye's president has said Sweden should not expect his country's support for NATO membership after an anti-Islam protest near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, including the burning of the Quran.
In a recent provocative act against Ankara, Rasmus Paludan, a controversial Danish far-right politician, was allowed to burn a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in the Swedish capital.
Turkish President Erdogan says no individual has the freedom to insult Islam or any other religion after an anti-Muslim leader was given permission from the Swedish government to burn a copy of the Quran.
Unions are complaining that the British government has not made sincere efforts to resolve the pay dispute.
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