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  • Activist torches another Quran in Sweden

    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

    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

    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

    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’

    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

    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

    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…

  • OIC to Convene over Quran Desecration

    OIC to Convene over Quran Desecration

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson announced plans for a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to address the recent sacrilegious moves against the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark. – Politics news – Nasser Kanaani said on Tuesday that the OIC is going to hold a virtual emergency meeting of…

  • Qurans Burned in Front of Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark

    Qurans Burned in Front of Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark

    COPENHAGEN – A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Qurans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over recent weeks that have enraged Muslims. Denmark and Sweden have said they deplore the burning of the Islam’s holy book but cannot prevent…

  • Outrage in the Muslim world over Koran burning in Europe

    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

    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 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

    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

    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.…

  • The IRGC chief sees no safety for those who desecrate the Koran

    The IRGC chief sees no safety for those who desecrate the Koran

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami, warned the perpetrators of desecration of the Holy Qur’an that they will have no security and must be severely punished. – Politics News – In a statement on Saturday, IRGC commanders said the Muslims will soon take revenge on all those…

  • Iran summons the Danish ambassador over the desecration of the Koran

    Iran summons the Danish ambassador over the desecration of the Koran

    TEHRAN, July 22 (Xinhua) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned Jesper Vahr, Denmark’s ambassador to Iran, to protest the latest “insult” to the Muslim holy book Quran in the Scandinavian country, the official IRNA news agency reported. During his meeting with Vahr, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director-general for Western Europe at Iran’s foreign ministry,…

  • Iraq: Protesters attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone amid reports of Koran burning

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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,…