The Islamic State jihadist group has called for attacks on Christians worldwide after a far-right Swedish politician publicly burned a Qur'an last month. One of the posts on the ISIS-affiliated Telegram channel claimed that the attacks were in retaliation to the burning of the Qur'an in Sweden, but Meir Amit noted that ISIS "has been carrying out attacks against Christians in these countries for a long period of time. In 2020, Paludan was convicted of racism after he posted anti-Islam videos on his party's social media accounts