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The Danish government announced on Sunday that it wanted to limit possible new demonstrations planning desecrations of the Koran, which have fueled tensions with the Muslim world, highlighting the security problems they imply. Several recent demonstrations in Sweden or Denmark involving burnings or other desecrations of the Muslim holy book …

The Swedish government on Sunday condemned the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in Stockholm, calling it an “Islamophobic” act, after the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for such an incident to be avoided. The government fully understands that Islamophobic acts committed by individuals during protests in …