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Sweden’s bid for NATO membership faces a dead end after a rally by the far right burns the Quran.
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Sweden’s bid for NATO membership faces a dead end after a rally by the far right burns the Quran.
Right-wing politician Rasmus Paludan attacked Islam and immigration before setting holy book alight
Turkey on Saturday cancelled a visit by the Swedish defence minister over a demonstration by an anti-Islamic extremist in Stockholm, sparking a fresh crisis as Sweden tries to convince Ankara not to block its bid to join the NATO military alliance.Turkish officials denounced the permission granted to Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Swedish-Danish politician, to stage a protest Saturday in front of its embassy in the Swedish capital.After a diatribe of almost an hour in which he attacked Islam and immigration in Sweden, Paludan set fire to the Koran with a lighter.