Yalori at 2023-07-20 10:43:13+00:00 ID: jspn79h

There's nothing much to it, it's a constitutionally protected right to do be able to do what you want with your property

When you hear announcements of a quran burning, it's not that the government permits this. In fact many politicians have expressed their distate towards the burning, but they're not actually in any position to allow or disallow it

What the demonstrators are doing is asking permittance from the police to be present, that's all. If the police say no, they can still hold their demonstration, there just won't be any authority present to de-escalate and protect people

The police might deny a request depending on what the basis for doing it is, though, or later prosecute the person if their intention was not legal (like incitement towards minority group)

The recent Torah burning that was cancelled was a PR stunt in attempts to show a hypocricy in the swedish government being biased in how they treat minority groups, but it kind of backfired when he actually got permitted by the police. He then went on arab media and spun the situation how the government did in fact not let him burn it because it wasn't stated that he was allowed to burn it (because that's not their concern and not what you're actually asking for since it's already legal), only that he was allowed to hold the demonstration

Make of the situation what you will