[1][2][3][4] After Swedish police prevented Rasmus Paludan, a Danish politician, from entering the country, far-right anti-immigration activists held protests and burned a Quran.
[5][6] In response, a mob of 300 migrants, mostly Muslims gathered in counter-protest, burned tires, threw rocks and chunks of concrete at the police and smashed bus shelters.
[7] On 26 August 2020, police in Malmö denied Rasmus Paludan, a Danish far-right politician and the leader of Denmark's Hard Line party, permission to hold a meeting named "Islamization in the Nordic countries".
[9] In a separate event, Paludan's supporters kicked a copy of the Qur'an around Malmö's main square like a football,[6] for which three people were arrested on suspicion of inciting hatred.
[11] At around 7 PM, about 300 people gathered in Malmö's Amiralsgatan street, south of the Rosengård Centrum Shopping Centre for a demonstration against the Qur'an burning,[12] which soon turned violent.
The rioters protested against the burning of a Quran in front of a community building which was used by the Arab culture association (Swedish: Arabiska kulturföreningen) for Friday prayers.