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Activist torches another Quran in Sweden
The demonstration drew a handful of counter-protesters, who urged for an end to the holy book-burning A woman set fire to a copy of the Quran during a police-approved protest held near the Swedish capital, TASS has reported. The move follows several similar actions in recent weeks, which have triggered outrage across the Muslim world…
Sweden ramps up security after Quran burnings
Citing a heightened terrorist threat, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced new police powers Sweden’s borders will be tightened and police given new stop and search powers, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Tuesday. Kristersson warned that a spate of Quran burnings has triggered “the most serious security situation since the Second World War.” The new…
Third Quran burned outside Swedish parliament AFP
The country’s prime minister has said the demonstrations invite terrorism and its embassies have been attacked Iraqi immigrants staged another Quran burning in Stockholm on Monday, kicking and stomping on the Muslim holy book before setting some torn-out pages on fire outside the Swedish parliament building, according to AFP. “I will continue until they ban…
Third Quran burned outside Swedish parliament – AFP
The country’s prime minister has said the demonstrations invite terrorism and its embassies have been attacked Iraqi immigrants staged another Quran burning in Stockholm on Monday, kicking and stomping on the Muslim holy book before setting some torn-out pages on fire outside the Swedish parliament building, according to AFP. “I will continue until they ban…
Swedish PM brands burning of Quran ‘destructive’
The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…
Swedish PM brands burning of Quran destructive
The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…
Sweden blames Moscow for outrage over Quran-burning stunts
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson claimed that Russia was slandering his country Sweden’s prime minister has accused Russia of using a “disinformation campaign” to tarnish Stockholm’s image abroad, alleging that Moscow has spread false claims about the recent Quran-burning incidents in the Swedish capital. Ulf Kristersson took to social media on Wednesday to declare that “states…
Outrage in the Muslim world over Koran burning in Europe
Even rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran were united in condemning the series of incidents in Sweden and Denmark Muslim-majority nations have angrily criticized the governments of Denmark and Sweden for repeatedly allowing the burning of the Koran during protests in their capitals. The latest incident, during which the Muslim holy book was trampled and destroyed,…
Muslim world outraged by Koran burning in Europe
Even rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran were united in condemning the series of incidents in Sweden and Denmark Muslim-majority nations criticize the governments of Denmark and Sweden for repeatedly allowing Korans to be burned in their capitals. The latest incident took place in Copenhagen on Monday. Trkiye condemned the protest, which was staged by an…
The Koran was burned outside the Iraqi embassy in Denmark
The incident occurred in the middle of a row between Stockholm and Baghdad which saw the Swedish ambassador expelled from Iraq Two protesters set fire to the Islamic holy book, the Koran, in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen on Monday. The incident came as the Middle Eastern nation reacted strongly to similar stunts…
Swedish FM voices regret the Koran attack in Stockholm: Lebanese media
BEIRUT, July 23 (Xinhua) — The Swedish foreign minister on Sunday expressed regret over the recent attack on the Koran in Stockholm, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. During a telephone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, Tobias Billström expressed Sweden’s regret over the desecration of the Koran and its insult to Islamic faith…
Yemen strongly condemns “repeated crimes” against the Koran in Sweden
People protest against the burning of the Koran in Sweden last month, in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 21, 2023. /CFP The Yemeni government on Friday strongly condemned the “repeated crimes” against the Koran in Sweden after an Iraqi refugee stepped on a copy of the Islamic holy book during a protest in Stockholm on Thursday.…
Iraq: Protesters attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone amid reports of Koran burning
Baghdad [Iraq]July 23 (ANI): Nearly thousands of protesters on Saturday tried to storm into Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area that houses several foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, in reaction to reports of Quran burning in Denmark, Al Jazeera reported. However, the security police dispersed the protesters on Saturday. The protesters…
Trkiye to give in to EU requires media
Brussels is demanding that Ankara introduce stricter citizenship rules to prevent an influx of former asylum seekers to EU countries Türkiye will change its immigration policy to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to obtain citizenship, as Ankara tries to meet EU demands and strengthen its bid to join the bloc, Hurriyet newspaper reported…
The Swedish embassy in Iraq is moving operations to Stockholm
Security forces try to disperse protesters during clashes in front of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023. /CFP The Swedish embassy in Iraq is temporarily moving its operations to Stockholm for security reasons, Swedish media reported on Friday with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Iraqi government on Thursday asked…
Iran, OIC calls for firm response to sacrilegious acts
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign minister and the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stressed the need for concerted and decisive action by Muslim nations to prevent the recurrence of sacrilege after the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. – Politics News – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian held a telephone…
Desecration of the Koran despicable, provocative: Hamas
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Hamas resistance movement condemned the recent desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as a heinous and provocative act, saying the Swedish government violated divine laws and values by allowing it. – World news – Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Palestinian movement’s political bureau, made the statement on Friday, a…
Desecration of the Koran in Sweden sets off an outcry in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Huge crowds of Iranian Muslims held demonstrations in Tehran and other cities on Friday to protest the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. – Politics News – The mass meetings were held in major Iranian cities on Friday, a day after a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee desecrated the Muslim holy book during…
Iraq, Iran act against Sweden after Koran protests
BAGHDAD – Demonstrators marched in the Iraqi and Iranian capitals on Friday to denounce Sweden’s permission of protests desecrating the Koran, as Stockholm withdrew staff from its Baghdad embassy. Hundreds of people gathered in Baghdad’s Sadr City after Friday prayers, chanting “Yes, yes to Islam, yes, yes to the Koran,” an AFP correspondent said. In…
The United Arab Emirates summons the Swedish envoy over the desecration of the Koran
DUBAI, July 21 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish charge d’affaires to protest the repeated attacks and abuses against copies of the Koran in Sweden, the official WAM news agency reported Friday. The ministry strongly condemned the Swedish authorities’ decision to continue allowing such acts and rejected the…
Iran summons Sweden’s envoy over new insult to the Koran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Swedish ambassador in Tehran was summoned to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in protest against another case of desecration of the Holy Quran in the European country. – Politics News – The Swedish envoy was summoned on Thursday evening to submit Iran’s strong protest against the new weekend-like move. Addressing…
Iran urges UN action against Koran desecration
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian urged the UN Secretary General to take a hard line against the repeated desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. – Politics News – Iran’s foreign minister addressed a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday, hours after Salwan Momik, a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee, stepped on…
Western diplomat expelled for desecrating the Koran
Stockholm’s embassy in Baghdad was also stormed by protesters this week The Iraqi government has expelled the Swedish ambassador and ordered its own envoy to return home, in outrage over Stockholm’s decision to allow a protest outside Iraq’s diplomatic mission, during which activists were seen trampling and kicking a copy of the Koran. Iraqi Prime…
Lebanon condemns the attack on the Koran in Stockholm
BEIRUT, July 21 (Xinhua) — Lebanon on Friday condemned an attack on the Koran in Stockholm, saying “it constitutes a continuous violation of the feelings and dignity of Muslims.” In a statement from Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish authorities were asked to take appropriate measures to stop all actions that deepen feelings of…
Why does Sweden allow Koran burning It has no blasphemy laws
STOCKHOLM – A recent string of public desecrations of the Koran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed. In the latest such incident, an Iraqi living in Sweden on Thursday trampled and…
Iraq expels Swedish envoy after the desecration of the Koran in Stockholm
Baghdad [Iraq]July 21 (ANI): Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador following massive protests in Baghdad by angry Iraqi protesters over the burning of the Koran in Sweden, Al Jazeera reported. The Swedish embassy in central Baghdad was stormed by protesters who also lit a small fire in its compound. Videos on social media showed a…
Swedish envoy is expelled due to desecration of the Koran
Stockholm’s embassy in Baghdad was also stormed by protesters this week The Iraqi government has expelled the Swedish ambassador and ordered its own envoy to return home, in protest at Stockholm’s decision to allow a protest outside Iraq’s diplomatic mission during which a couple of activists were seen trampling and kicking a copy of the…
NATO applicant’s embassy burned over Koran-burning stunt
The incident marks the second chaotic demonstration at the facility in recent weeks A large crowd of insurgents stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and set fire to the building, early Thursday morning. The angry demonstration in Iraq is seen as a response to the latest in a series of protests planned for Stockholm,…
NATO applicant’s embassy burned over Koran-burning stunt
The incident marks the second chaotic demonstration at the facility in recent weeks A large crowd of insurgents stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and set fire to the building, early Thursday morning. The angry demonstration in Iraq is seen as a response to the latest in a series of protests planned for Stockholm,…