Shas chairman Aryeh Deri condemned Sweden's decision to allow the burning of the Jewish Bible: "The heart is horrified by the intention of the Swedish police to allow the shocking spectacle of burning the holy Jewish book of books.

"In the name of "enlightened" liberalism, they allow a hate crime against millions of Jews in the world, which in the past led to terrible bloodshed. It's not too late to stop this stupidity and return to behaving respectfully towards all religions."