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Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden dead: Report

January 30, 2025 2:30 pm

An AP report citing Swedish media said that the man, who sparked multiple protests across the country, was shot dead.

The story of Mary and Jesus as told in the Quran

December 25, 2024 9:39 pm

In the Quran, Jesus is born in an unspecified ‘remote place’, under a palm tree.

AAP MLA Naresh Yadav convicted in Quran case despite prosecutor dropping appeal against earlier acquittal

December 01, 2024 8:38 pm

The Punjab court’s judgment notes the withdrawal of the appeal against the decision to acquit Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav in the Quran desecration case over insufficient evidence.

Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims

July 01, 2024 7:31 pm

Ehsan Shan, though not party to the desecration, was accused of reposting the defaced pages of the Quran on his TikTok account, his lawyer Khurram Shahzad told The Associated Press Monday.

Pak minister condemns Swat lynching, says religion being weaponised to justify ‘street justice'

June 22, 2024 6:08 pm

Muhammad Ismail, a 40-year-old resident of Sialkot in Punjab province, was visiting the northwestern Pakistan hill resort town of Swat and was accused of having burnt the pages of Islam's holy book.

Man killed by mob for desecrating Quran in Pak's Swat district

June 21, 2024 1:51 am

District Police Officer (DPO), Swat, Zahidullah said the man from Sialkot district of Punjab allegedly burnt some pages of the Holy Quran in Madyan tehsil of Swat on Thursday night.

The ‘Amar Chitra Katha’ of a Muslim millennial

February 01, 2024 8:30 pm

I grew up in a modern India protected from religious divisions reading Hindu mythology, singing Christian hymns and attending Quran classes. But in today’s political atmosphere, I wonder if the little Muslim girl curiously reading a Ramayana comic was just a distant dream

Clashes erupt in Sweden's third largest city after another Quran burning and at least 3 are detained

September 04, 2023 4:21 pm

Police in Malmo said they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, describing the events that started Sunday and lasted overnight as “a violent riot.”

Woman interrupts Quran-burning protest in Sweden by spraying activist with fire extinguisher

August 18, 2023 9:08 pm

Video of the scene showed the woman rushing up to Salwan Momika and spraying white powder toward him before she was intercepted by plainclothes police officers who led her away.

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings

August 17, 2023 7:15 pm

Sweden's SAPO security service raised the warning level from 3 to 4 on a scale from 1-5, reflecting a "high threat".

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Muslim nations protest after far-right activists burn Quran in Sweden

January 30, 2023 9:00 pm

Anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan burned Islam’s holy book Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on January 21, sparking protests in Istanbul and Ankara the same night.

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