1) Paludan literally set copies of the Koran on fire.
2) Paludan's actions triggered consequences that, among other things, led to setting a school on fire and greater distruction. This does not mean that Paludan directly set the school on fire.
We know this because we can look how others use the same phrase, like how Gavrilo Princip set the world on fire [1] when he killed Ferdinand, even though the only thing he fired was was two shots from a gun, or when "a young Tunisian fruit vendor named Mohamad Bouazizi set himself and the Arab world on fire, igniting the Arab Spring across North Africa, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. "[2]
3) "ablaze" can also mean "feeling or showing strong emotion, especially anger", quoting https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/ablaze . In this case, there are strong emotion both for and against the idea of a ban on burning religious texts.
BTW, you could use a text-mode browser or curl to get around the paywall - that's what I did.
[1] "Setting the World on Fire: The Start of World War I" - https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/s...
[2] https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/the-spy-who-told-me-it...
1) nothing argues that the people rioting are victims
We can look at the US where it's illegal to force a child in public school to stand and pledge allegiance to the flag. (Another free speech issue.)
Yet, some teachers still to this day punish, harass, bully, and even assault students who don't do so. (Eg, https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/teacher-assaulting-st... )
Yet I've not heard people - even supporters of anti-flag-burning laws - argue that teachers should be seen as "just victims" of the act.
2) even if they are, we can see the quotes by Posner-Körösi "who heads the Jewish community in Sweden" as believing it's a hate crime, but that Jews would deal with it a different way:
> “I think it was wrong to allow this Danish-Swedish Nazi to demonstrate. Burning holy books like the Koran – or the Torah for that matter – is a hate crime.” ...
> Posner-Körösi, Sweden’s Jewish community leader, says that “if people were burning the Torah in the streets, the Jewish community would be very upset. But we wouldn’t deal with it in the same way as we’re seeing across Sweden now.”
No one, except the title: The Far-right Provocateur Burning the Koran and Setting Sweden on Fire
And the first sentence of the article body: A far-right extremist has managed to set Sweden ablaze
After that, I hit the paywall.