According to local media, Swedish police have granted permission for a protest outside parliament on Monday, during which the organizers intend to burn the Koran.
The protesters told the media that they wanted the Muslim holy book to be banned in Sweden.
“I will burn it many times, until you ban it,” organiser Salwan Najem told Expressen newspaper.
Najem had joined Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika at two previous such protests in Stockholm — outside the city’s main mosque and later outside Iraq’s embassy,
According to the police permit, the protest was scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) on Monday.
Sweden’s diplomatic relations with numerous Middle Eastern countries have been strained in the past due to protests involving Koran desecration.
AFP requested a copy of the application as well as the permit from police, but did not receive a response right away.
Swedish police have previously stated that they only provide permits for people to organise public gatherings, not for the acts that take place during those gatherings.
Momika, 37, set fire to pages of the Koran outside Stockholm’s largest mosque in late June.
He conducted a similar protest before the Iraqi embassy a month later, stomping on the Koran but fled before it was burned.
Both incidents elicited considerable condemnation and indignation.
Sweden ordered 15 government departments, including the armed services, various law enforcement agencies, and the tax office, to step up anti-terrorism measures last week.
Denmark announced on Sunday that it would look into legal measures of putting an end to rallies including the burning of sacred texts, citing security concerns in the aftermath of cases in which the Koran was desecrated in the country.
A comparable process, according to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, is already beginning.
Swedish and Danish envoys have been summoned to a number of Middle Eastern countries.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have called for a meeting of the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday to discuss Koran desecrations in both Sweden and Denmark.
