A video of a man burning a Quran was shot in Denmark in 2021, not Sweden in 2023.
But another video that shows Quran being burned that’s now circulating on social media has been mischaracterized.
In the video, a man wearing a Stram Kurs hat can be seen burning a Quran before he’s stopped by several men. The men take the holy book and punch and kick the man who set fire to it. "Some Muslims step to a man burning the Quran in Sweden," a description of the video in a Jan. 25 FacebookFeatured Fact-check
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