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Following the printing of the 1924 "royal"
===2005 - Guantanamo===
{{main|2005 Quran desecration controversy}}
In mid-2005, allegations of deliberate desecration of the Quran<ref name=Reut/> in front of Muslim prisoners at the [[United States]] military [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] in Cuba fueled widespread controversy and led to ensuing Muslim riots. A U.S. military investigation confirmed four instances of Quran desecration by US personnel (two of which were described as "unintentional"), and fifteen instances of desecration by Muslim prisoners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pentagon Details Abuse Of Koran |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005093324/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/03/AR2005060301654.html |archive-date=2020-10-05 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/03/AR2005060301654.html}}</ref>
===2010 Dove World Quran-burning controversy===
{{main|Dove World Quran-burning controversy}}
In 2010, Christian pastor [[Terry Jones (pastor)|Terry Jones]] of the [[Dove World Outreach Center]], a church in Gainesville, Florida, provoked condemnation from Muslims after announcing [[2010 Quran-burning controversy|plans to burn a Quran]] on the anniversary of the Islamic terrorist [[September 11 attacks]] on the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indonesian Muslims Protest Plans to Burn Quran on September 11|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Indonesian-Muslims-Protest-Plans-to-Burn-Koran-on-September-11-102250384.html|access-date=9 September 2010|newspaper=Voice of America news|date=5 September 2010}}</ref> He later cancelled the plans;<ref>{{cite news|title=US pastor Terry Jones cancels Koran burning|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11255366|access-date=10 September 2010|newspaper=BBC News|date=9 September 2010}}</ref>
In the 2011 [[Louis Theroux]] documentary ''[[America's Most Hated Family in Crisis]]'', Megan Phelps of the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] explained in an interview that they deliberately and publicly burned a copy of the Quran.<ref>''America's Most Hated Family in Crisis''</ref>
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===2017–2023 Denmark===
[[File:Rasmus Paludan burning quran in 2019.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=0:51|Paludan burning a Quran under police protection in [[Nørrebro]], Copenhagen, Denmark in 2019]]
The legality of burning religious scriptures in Denmark was disputed for a long time, since the act might have been punishable under the country's blasphemy law (which, though on the books, was considered to may have lapsed; for instance, it hadn't been used to prosecute a televised Bible burning in 1997). But the blasphemy law was officially abolished in 2017, after which it became legal to desecrate Qurans and other religious scriptures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/quran-burner-denmark-facebook-blasphemy-laws-repeal-a7771041.html|title=Quran-burner trial dropped after Danish parliament revokes centuries-old blasphemy law|date=3 June 2017|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=L 170 Forslag til lov om ændring af straffeloven. |url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/lovforslag/l170/index.htm |website=[[Folketing]]}}</ref> Burnings of the Quran, sometimes wrapped in bacon,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/islamkritiker-rasmus-paludan-brente-koran-surret-inn-i-bacon/s/12-95-3423679174|title=Islamkritiker Rasmus Paludan brente Koran surret inn i bacon |date=2 May 2019|work=Nettavisen|language=no}}</ref> and other forms of desecration such as
A small anti-Islam group called the Danish Patriots set fire to Qurans in front of the Turkish and Egyptian embassies in 2023.<ref name=dpatriots>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/protesters-burn-koran-front-egyptian-embassy-denmark-2023-07-25/|title=Korans burnt in front of Egyptian, Turkish embassies in Denmark|website=[[Reuters]] }}</ref>
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=== 2020–present Sweden ===
{{main|2023 Quran
[[File:Quran burning by Salwan Momika in 2023 (9 av 18).jpg|thumb|[[Salwan Momika]] burning a Quran in October 2023]]
Since 2020, the Danish party [[Stram Kurs]] and the party leader [[Rasmus Paludan]] have planned or orchestrated Quran burnings in multiple Swedish cities. This has resulted in numerous riots in Swedish cities against both planned and realized desecrations, notably the [[2020 Sweden riots]] and [[2022 Sweden riots]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-18 |title=Dozens arrested at Sweden riots sparked by planned Quran burnings |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61134734 |access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref>
On June 28, 2023, [[Salwan Momika]], an Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden
There is a law in Sweden against [[incitement to ethnic or racial hatred]], but it is considered not to apply to critique or desecration against a religion as such, only to negative statements against people based on having a specified religion.<ref>[https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/tryckfrihetsforordning-1949105_sfs-1949-105/#K7 Tryckfrihetsförordning (1949:105) 7 kap 6 §]</ref>
However, Swedish police did file preliminary hate crime charges against a man who burned the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm in June, 2023 and Swedish state prosecutors will decide whether to formally indict him or not. If they do indict him, it will be up to a Swedish judge to decide on whether or not his actions constituted incitement under the current law.<ref>
On July 20, 2023, hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in response to a planned Quran burning in Stockholm, prompting Iraqi authorities to expel the Swedish ambassador and recall their chargé d'affaires. The incident led to diplomatic tensions between [[Iraq]] and [[Sweden]], with condemnation{{clarify|date=August 2023}} from several countries, including the [[US]] and the [[UNAOC]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-20 |title= Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned burning of Qur'an in Stockholm |language=en |work=The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/20/protesters-angered-by-quran-burning-storm-swedens-embassy-in-baghdadl |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last1= Alkhshali | first1= Hamdi | last2= Alkhaldi |first2= Celine | last3= Najim | first3= Aqeel |date=2023-07-20 |title= Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan |language=en |work= CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/19/middleeast/iraq-swedish-embassy-protest-quran-burning-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref>
On 17 February, 2024, in Stockholm,
===Others===
In March 2013, the al Qaeda English-language magazine Inspire published a poster stating "Wanted dead or alive for crimes against Islam" with a prominent image of [[Terry Jones (pastor)|Terry Jones]], known for public Quran burning events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Qaeda Mag Publishes 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' List |url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/al-qaeda-mag-publishes-wanted-dead-or-alive-list_704904.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302061917/https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/al-qaeda-mag-publishes-wanted-dead-or-alive-list_704904.html |archive-date=2013-03-02}}</ref>
In October 2013, a Turkish woman was arrested on suspicion of blasphemy and inciting religious hatred after allegedly stepping on Quran and then posting the picture on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Turkey arrests woman on suspicion of blasphemy |url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/World/241854-Turkey-arrests-woman-on-suspicion-of-blasphemy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101091132/http://dunyanews.tv/en/World/241854-Turkey-arrests-woman-on-suspicion-of-blasphemy |archive-date=2015-11-01}}</ref>
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On July 31, 2016, a couple of days after the [[2016 Normandy church attack|Normandy church attack]], several copies of the Quran at the multi-faith room of [[Mater Dei Hospital]] in [[Malta]] were desecrated when slices of pork were laid inside the book. The perpetrators also left a photo of [[Jacques Hamel]], the Catholic priest murdered during the attack, with the caption "Victim of Islam".<ref>{{cite news|title=Quran copies desecrated at Mater Dei hospital|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160730/local/quran-copies-desecrated-at-mater-dei-hospital.620444|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=30 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731185404/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160730/local/quran-copies-desecrated-at-mater-dei-hospital.620444|archive-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
[[Turkey]] summoned the Dutch ambassador in [[Ankara]] following "a vile attack" on the Quran in the Hague in January 2023
==See also==
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*[[Host desecration]]
*''[[Volksverhetzung]]''
*[[Swat lynching incident]]
==References==
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