Intelligence services say Iran sought to portray Sweden as ‘Islamophobic’ and divide society.Sweden has accused Iran of sending thousands of text messages calling for revenge…
Prosecutors say the men ‘treated the Quran in a manner intended to express contempt for Muslims because of their faith’.Two men in Sweden will go…
NewsFeedAl Jazeera has obtained videos of Israeli soldiers burning and tearing pages out of the Quran in northern Gaza’s Bani Saleh Mosque, as well as…
Videos obtained by Al Jazeera show Israeli forces bombing mosques and desecrating copies of the Muslim holy book.Hamas has called on Arab and Muslim countries…
Those who break the law – which forbids publicly burning, tearing or defiling holy texts – risk a fine or up to two years in…
It is a controversial bill that could deepen political divisions in Denmark. The proposal to ban the desecration of holy books is being considered after a…
Citing national security, the Danish justice minister announces a bill aimed at ending the provocative stunts. The Danish government presented a bill on Friday that…
Sweden has faced international condemnation after a string of desecrations of the holy book by anti-Islam activists. Sweden’s security service, SAPO, has raised its assessment…
Burning the Quran is permitted under Sweden’s freedom of speech laws. Stockholm, Sweden – A copy of the Quran has been desecrated in Sweden’s capital…
Border controls will initially be in place until August 10 as a means to prevent further protests from far-right groups. Danish police are tightening border…
Killings in a Palestinian refugee camp and Lebanon’s wanted bank governor steps down – here’s the Middle East this week. Members of the far-right burn…
Sweden and Denmark have seen a string of protests in recent weeks in which copies of the Quran were burned. Sweden’s government has no plans…
Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says gov’t will consider possibility of intervening in ‘special situations’ where ‘other countries, cultures, and religions are being insulted’. The…
The kingdom calls for a halt to ‘disgraceful acts’ after spate of Quran burnings in Copenhagen. Saudi Arabia has summoned Denmark’s charge d’affaires over recent…
The incident is the latest in a string of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark that prompted protests in the Middle East. Two protesters have…
Protesters gather following reports that the far-right Danish group Danske Patrioter burned the Quran in Copenhagen. Hundreds of people in Baghdad have attempted to storm…
Swedish telecoms company Ericsson is also looking into reports that Iraq has suspended its work permits there. The Swedish embassy in Iraq is temporarily moving…
The condemnations and moves came following a demonstration held on Thursday in Stockholm where protesters kicked and partially damaged a book they said was the…
Muslim nations have expressed outrage since Salwan Momika desecrated the holy book in Stockholm last month. Iraq has expelled Sweden’s ambassador shortly after protesters had…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Protesters angered by burning of copies of the Quran in Sweden set fire to Swedish embassy in Iraqi capital: Reports. Protesters angered by the…