Sweden on late evening of Friday was immensely burning with the communal rage after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was refrained from joining a Quran-burning rally. Reportedly, during the violence several police officers were injured and 10 miscreants were arrested for creating commotion amongst the community.
Protesters pelted stones at police, vandalised shops, burned tyres on the streets of Malmo, southern Sweden.
In the protest, as many as 300 took part, burned a copy of the Quran, Islamic holy book, said Rickard Lundqvist, police spokesman.
All the 10-20 protesters who arrested late Friday have been released by the police.
The violence had subsided by Saturday morning.
Rasmus Paludan, who leads the far-right Danish anti-immigration party Hard Line, was due to travel to Malmo to speak at Friday's event, which was being held on the same day as weekly prayers for the Muslim sabbath.
But authorities pre-empted Paludan's arrival by announcing he had been banned from entering Sweden for two years. He was later arrested near Malmo.
"We suspect that he was going to break the law in Sweden," Calle Persson, spokesman for the police said adding, "There was also a risk that his behaviour... would pose a threat to society."
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But his supporters went ahead with the rally, during which six people were arrested for inciting racial hatred.
Paludan later put up a scathing message on Facebook.
"Sent back and banned from Sweden for two years. However, rapists and murderers are always welcome!" he wrote.
Paludan last year attracted media attention for burning a Koran wrapped in bacon -- a meat that is anathema for Muslims.