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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>
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