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BRUSSELS (AA): The European Union will continue talks with the OIC to “promote tolerance and mutual respect” after a series of acts of desecration of the holy Quran in northern countries of the bloc, an official has said. Speaking to reporters at a news briefing on Tuesday, spokesperson for foreign affairs Peter Stano confirmed that […]...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): France has suspended its development aid and budget support to Burkina Faso, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry. The brief statement did not give the reasons for the aid cut. France has sponsored military operations against anti-West groups which have failed to bring security and have served to intensify anti...
LONDON (AA): An Islamic funeral was conducted Tuesday in Ireland for Sinead O’Connor who died last month in London. Umar Al-Qadri, chief imam at the Islamic Center of Ireland, led the service. “Gifted with a voice that moved a generation of young people, she could reduce listeners to tears by her otherworldly resonance,” he s...
LONDON – Afghan refugees living in the U.K. are at risk of homelessness after the government began evicting them from hotels. It is feared that refugees who cannot find long-term accommodation will become homeless. All 8,000 Afghans currently living in hotels were served eviction notices in May. Local governments are expected to come und...
ANKARA (AA) – A court in France suspended a controversial ban on burkini swimsuits in a seaside town, local media reported. The country’s Human Rights League (LDH) had to court the Frejus administration’s decision to ban burkini swimwear on public beaches. The Toulon administrative court suspended the decision, which was take...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): A Senegalese judge on Monday placed French-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco, who was indicted a day earlier, under judicial supervision ahead of his expulsion to France, his lawyer and a senior justice ministry official told AFP. Branco, who is one of the lawyers defending the Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, was...
WASHINGTON (AA): The recent wave of Islamophobic hate-driven actions in Sweden and Denmark is “an assertion of a broader anti-immigrant, anti-non-European right-wing bias that has grown to be quite politically strong,” according to a former UN special rapporteur. “There’s no legitimate purpose by allowing groups to burn the holy scriptures of ...
BERLIN (AA): The German government has warned the military coup leaders in Niger against acts of violence against detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Speaking to media representatives in Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer made it clear that they are worried about Bazoum. “And that is why I would like to take this opportu...
BERLIN, Germany – Threatening letters to mosques from right-wing groups in Germany have worried the Muslim community in the European country. The latest incident concerns the Eyup Sultan mosque in Bramsche, Lower Saxony, which received a threatening letter on Friday. The letter threatened the Muslim community that it would suffer the sam...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – The Danish government’s intention to explore legal options to stop Quran burning incidents faces political and social hurdles. At least seven parties have opposed the adoption of legal measures. They believe such measures could interfere with freedom of speech and expression. The ultranationalist group Danske Patriot...
