TOI reports that three requests to burn religious texts, including a Torah book, have been submitted to police in Sweden by self-described free-speech advocates in what would likely spark further international uproar a week after a Quran was burned outside a mosque in Stockholm in a similar demonstration.

Local police confirmed to Sweden’s national public broadcaster on Wednesday that it had received an application from an individual in his 30s to burn a Jewish and a Christian Bible outside Israel’s Embassy in Stockholm on July 15 as “a symbolic gathering for the sake of freedom of speech.”

Another request to burn a Quran “as soon as possible” in Stockholm was submitted by a woman in her 50s.

Police did not immediately rule out either request, saying every application is reviewed on an individual basis.

Police allowed the demonstration to take place in Stockholm last week, citing freedom of speech after a court overturned a ban on Quran burning.

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