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A Swedish court sentenced far-right activist Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims after he burned a Quran at two protests in Malmo in 2022.

The court ruled that Paludan’s remarks and actions went beyond permissible criticism of Islam, aiming instead to insult and defame Muslims, Arabs, and Africans. Paludan, a dual citizen of Sweden and Denmark, plans to appeal the verdict.

His Quran burnings previously strained Sweden’s relations with Turkey, complicating Sweden’s bid to join NATO.

  • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    He’s a racist who deserves more! He’s already been convicted for racism, and in Scandinavia, we try to rehabilitate criminals, but when the criminal refuses to rehabilitate after serving their time, longer sentencing should be more commonplace if they repeat the offence.

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    14 days ago

    this happened during the same time Putin, the oppressor and murderer of Chechenya’s muslims, was filmed kissing the Quran. This guy had ties with and was paid by russia’s intels, and Sweden fell right into that stupid honeypot

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    16 days ago

    Good. Seventy years ago they were burning Torahs. Now they are burning Qurans. Useless far right idiots never change.