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A protest in front of the Swedish embassy after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line, burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 27. Reuters
A protest in front of the Swedish embassy after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line, burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Kuala Lumpur,Show more
It's not anti-western to say that burning holy books should be illegal
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Sholto Byrnes is an East Asian affairs columnist for The National
01 February, 2023