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![Muslims fought street battles with the police.]()
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Muslims fought street battles with the police.
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![Trigger of chaos: a Koran burned by right-wing extremists.]()
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Trigger of chaos: a Koran burned by right-wing extremists.
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![A nearby underground car park apparently burned out.]()
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A nearby underground car park apparently burned out.
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![The riots took place in a neighborhood in Malmö that was predominantly inhabited by Muslim migrants.]()
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The riots took place in a neighborhood in Malmö that was predominantly inhabited by Muslim migrants.
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A wave of violence has erupted in Malmö, Sweden after anti-Islamic activists publicly burned a Koran. The action soon degenerated into protests and then chaos. Muslims and the police engaged in intense street fighting. According to Islamic Sharia law, death stands on burning the Koran.
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About 300 people had gathered on Friday at around 7.30 p.m. along a main traffic axis in a neighborhood in Malmö that was predominantly inhabited by migrants. This after reports that members of a right-wing extremist party had previously staged the burning of a Koran, the holy book of Islam.
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“Allahu akbar” calls and street battles
The angry crowd grew rapidly. Soon fires were set along the road and several cars were set on fire. Police spokesman Rickard Lindqvist spoke to a local news channel about “persistent and violent unrest over which we have no control.”
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Arabic shouts of “Allahu akbar” (“God is great”) could also be heard while tires and other debris burned and thick columns of black smoke rose above Malmö into the night sky. According to reports, an underground car park about a kilometer away from the street battles also burned down.
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Right-wing extremists arrested the same day
Members of the right-wing Danish party Stram Kurs (“Hard Line”) had organized the burning of the Koran, which was followed by chaos. The activists filmed the scripture burning that took place in a public park that morning.
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So that the book burned better, fuel was poured over it. The party’s founder, Rasmus Paludan (38), also tried to enter from Denmark on Friday.
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He was denied crossing the border with a two-year entry ban, while in Malmö several party members were arrested on the same day for inciting against an ethnic group. (kes)
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