Iraqi protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm police gave permission to yet another person to burn the Quran. Relations between Iraq and Sweden are now frayed and some Swedes are beginning to wonder: When does the legal right to burn a Quran become a hate crime? Host Marco Werman speaks with Paul Levin, the director of Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies.
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