ISTANBUL (AA): Russia on Friday expressed its support for the mediation efforts of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) in Niger, where President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted from power on July 26. “Russia supports the mediation efforts of ECOWAS aimed at finding ways out of the current crisis,” the Foreign Minist...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA): Attacks on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, continued on Friday by Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group “Danske Patrioter” (Danish Patriots) despite wide-ranging condemnation. Members of the group burned copies of the Quran in front of the Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian, and Moroccan embassies, ...
KIGALI, Rwanda / MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): Thousands of coup supporters yelling anti-French slogans on Friday marched near the French military base on the outskirts of Niger’s capital Niamey to denounce the continued presence of French troops in the country. Social media videos showed protestors raising Russian flags – something seen in e...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – Mosques across Germany are facing an increase in vandalism, harassment and threats, Muslim community leaders told Anadolu on Wednesday. Kemal Ergun, president of the Turkish-Muslim group IGMG, said more mosques have received threatening letters in recent weeks, signed with the neo-Nazi alias “NSU 2.0.” “We will not get ...
NAIROBI, Kenya / KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Niger’s junta on Wednesday accused French troops of breaching the country’s airspace and plotting to destabilize the West African nation. The accusation came amid growing tensions following the recent military coup in Niger that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum from power. In a statement issued ...
COPENHAGEN (AA): A Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group burned the holy Quran on Wednesday. Members of the Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the Turkish, Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian and Iranian embassies in Copenhagen. The provocations, in which anti-Islamic slogans were shout...
ROME (AA): Forty-one migrants are believed to have died last week in a shipwreck in the central Mediterranean after leaving Tunisia, Italian prosecutors and local media said on Wednesday, citing accounts by survivors who reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. Italian media reported that four survivors told rescuers they were traveling on a 7...
MOSCOW (AA): Russia has said that the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, “lies” when he says sanctions on Moscow do not affect global food security. Commenting in a statement on Borrell’s article on the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the deal from which Russia pulled out because of export restrictions on its food and fertil...
STOCKHOLM, Sweeden – In response to burning of Quran the Muslim community in Sweden have tried to shift the focus away from the abusers. Instead, they have tried to focus on friendly dialog with the media, onlookers, and police. One of those community members, Husam El Gomati, was seen handing out expensive chocolates and laughing [&hell...
BERLIN (AA): Some 175,000 migrants applied for asylum in Germany from January to July this year, the government has said in a new report. The number of asylum applications increased by almost 78% compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). Syrians […]