OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The UN human rights chief on Wednesday slammed recent “despicable incidents” of desecration of Muslims’ religious scripture in Europe. They are “deliberate provocations… intended to drive wedges between countries and communities,” Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said at a high-level conf...
RAMTHA, Jordan (AA) – Sondos Sidawi, a 21-year-old Jordanian woman, sees her win in an international Quran memorization competition as a powerful message to those attempting to desecrate Islam’s holy book. “Even if they burn the Quran, it will remain in our hearts,” Sondos told the media. The young woman won the first prize in […]...
DOHA (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has called for support to the Palestinian people to find a just political solution. He made the statement while addressing the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, “It is not acceptable for the Palestinian people to remain prisoners of […]
GENEVA (AA) – UN rights chief Volker Turk has said the recent attacks against the Noble Quran, the Muslim holy book, will be discussed in the UN Human Rights Council on October 6. Turk made these comments at the 54th Human Rights Council’s opening session in Geneva, which began with a moment of silence to […]
BERLIN (AA) – With Islamophobia already a major issue in Germany, there are heightened fears within the Muslim community that far-right activists could stage acts of desecration of religious scriptures in the country, like the ones seen in other European nations such as Sweden and Denmark. If that were to happen, it could lead to […]
LONDON (AA) – Clashes between the police and rioters in Sweden’s third-largest city Malmo continued on Monday after another incident of desecration of the Muslim holy book, according to the Swedish police. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference that the events in Malmo were “terrible.” “These are pa...
GENEVA (AA) – Unknown Islamophobic extremists left a severed pig’s head at the entrance of a mosque in the Austrian city of Graz on Sunday. According to a media report, a local resident notified police at around 9:40 p.m. Sunday evening, stating that the entrance area of the mosque had been damaged. Police found the […]
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Swedes who want a ban to be introduced for desecrating holy books including the Quran have increased to 53%, two points higher than the previous poll. The latest survey was conducted by the Swedish opinion poll company SIFO. Some 37% were in favor of burning holy books within the scope of freedom […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani police authorities have accused the “enemy” country’s intelligence agency of being involved in recent violence against Christians and the burning of churches in the northeastern Punjab province. Addressing a news conference in the provincial capital Lahore, Punjab police chief Usman An...
LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – The Swedish prime minister on Friday voiced respect for Denmark’s step toward criminalizing the public desecration of religious scriptures. “I have great respect for what Denmark is doing,” Ulf Kristersson said at a news conference, according to local media. He added that Sweden and Denmark have differe...
