Writing on social media, he added: “Sweden is currently being exposed to influence campaigns supported by states and state-like players, whose very purpose is to hurt Sweden and Swedish interests. The recent burning of copies of Holy Scriptures coincides with a more difficult security policy situation. These events are then repeated incorrectly, sometimes along with direct calls to harm our country…
“Sweden really has no tradition of burning books or writings just because it is legal. On the contrary, we have a tradition of protecting books – and reading them. In addition, Sweden is a country with a strong tradition of respect for different religious practices – and for each other. Religious freedom is a Swedish cornerstone.
“Therefore, there are strong reasons to believe that the recent sudden increase in burnings is happening with the intention of dividing and scattering and in different ways diminishing our country’s position internationally.
“A crucial part of our democratic social contract is for the state to secure and guarantee the right to our constitutional rights. Another part of the social contract is that the state should extremely protect Swedish national security and the safety of Swedish citizens both in and outside the state’s borders.
“The coordinated disinformation campaigns that Sweden is now exposed to worsen the situation for Swedish citizens and companies abroad, and weaken the security within the country. It increases the risk of brutal terrorist attacks.”
Both statements followed several high-profile incidents where the Quran was burned or stamped on in recent weeks.
In June, an Iraqi Christian refugee living in Sweden, burned a copy of the religious text outside Stockholm’s central mosque.
The man was then given permission to destroy a Quran for a second time last week, which led to Sweden evacuating its embassy staff from Baghdad after the building was stormed and set fire to by protesters
Following this, last week two Danish far-right activists stamped on a Quran and set it alight in a tin foil tray next to an Iraqi flag on the ground outside Iraq’s embassy in Copenhagen.
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