03/09/2020
The Hindustan Times based in New Delhi reports that around fifteen far right wing activists have been arrested in the Swedish City of Malmo, following a stunt in which white supremacists burned a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Quran. Around three hundred persons were involved in the book burning, which later descended into open violence with far right activists throwing canisters and debris at the police officers who were monitoring the event as well as keeping the group away from a predominantly immigrant part of the city. There are a number of groups on the hard right of Swedish politics, ranging from electoral groups such as the Swedish Democrats to paramilitary Nazi organisations. Although parts of the far right in the country have portrayed themselves as defenders of womens and LGBTQ rights against Islamic conservatism, the understanding of most political analysts is that these groups are largely hostile to any minority groups, including gay and trans people.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/sweden-farright-plans-gay-pride-m...
