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LONDON (AA) – British police announced Tuesday that it formally charged Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian oil minister, with bribery-related offenses. Madueke, 63, who also served as president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a key figure in the Nigerian government between 2010 and 2015. An inves...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish politicians continue reacting to a newly published map on the Moroccan Embassy’s website in Spain, which shows the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as parts of Morocco. According to the controversial map, the entire disputed territory of Western Sahara also belongs to Rabat. On Tuesday, Spain’s Foreign Affairs...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Anti-Muslim sentiment in France, especially in the public sphere, has also been reflected in French art and literature, says a scholar of multiculturalism. Speaking to the media, Nagihan Haliloglu, who teaches comparative literature at Istanbul’s Ibn Khaldun University, evaluated the impact of growing anti-Muslim sentimen...
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says law to be reviewed without changing Constitution STOCKHOLM (AA) – The Swedish government will review the Public Order Act because of repeated attacks on the Quran, according to media reports. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, along with partners of the coalition, Ebba Busch, the leader of Christian Democ...
Woman tried to intervene, stop Salwan Momika from burning Muslim holy book STOCKHOLM (AA) – Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee based in Sweden, targeted the Quran on Friday in the capital Stockholm in yet another desecration of the Muslim holy book. Momika, who was assisted by Salwan Najem of Iraqi origin, perpetrated the attack once […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the charge d’affaires of Sweden and Denmark separately over the continued desecration of the Holy Quran, state media said. The director of the human rights department at the ministry condemned the “continuation of the brazen and heinous acts” of insults to t...
ATHENS (AA) – Belgium evacuated another 130 people from coup-hit Niger, Hajda Lahbib, the country’s foreign minister, said on Sunday. “Over the last few days, about 130 Belgians, EU citizens and entitled persons have been brought back from Niger,” Lahbib said in a statement. “I’d like to thank the Defense and Asyl...
-Recent wave of Quran burnings in Sweden have sparked widespread outrage and condemnation in Muslim countries STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish intelligence has raised the country’s terror alert level to “high” following angry reactions in the Muslim world to Quran burnings in the country. The previous alert level was “...
LONDON – British Muslims are complaining that their bank accounts are being disproportionately closed without explanation. Anas Altikriti, head of the Cordoba Foundation, a British think tank, said his personal HSBC account and those of his family members were closed in 2014. His organization aims to bridge the gap between the Muslim wor...
LONDON (AA) – An asylum seeker who was among those removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after Legionella bacteria were recently found said the government is endangering migrants and treating them like “less than animals,” according to the local media. Controversy over the government’s barge plan continued after all asylum s...
