By Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities approved a Quran-burning demonstration outside of a mosque in the center of Stockholm on Wednesday, in a decision that may jeopardize its bid to join NATO before the bloc’s key summit in July.
Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque on Wednesday, the start of the Muslim three-day Eid al-Adha holiday.
By Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities approved a Quran-burning demonstration outside of a mosque in the center of Stockholm on Wednesday. The burning will coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha, one of the most significant in the Islamic calendar.
Swedish police have given a permit to a man planning to burn a Koran near the main mosque in central Stockholm on Wednesday afternoon, in what could be the first such display since a similar event led to a breakdown in negotiations with Turkey about the Nordic country’s NATO membership.
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