Portland, United Kingdom (AFP): If there’s one thing that unites the people of Portland, south-west England, it is opposition to the UK government’s plan to house 500 asylum seekers on a large barge in its harbour. From a vantage point at the top of this small town of 13,000 inhabitants, the 93-metre- (305-foot-)long Bibby Stockhol...
ANKARA, Türkiye – A Turkish employee was seriously wounded in an armed attack at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of Izmir. The local governor’s office said the attack was carried out by a “mentally disabled” person in the Konak district of Izmir on Tuesday. The wounded woman, who was working as a secretary […]...
ANKARA (AA): The first group of French and nationals of other countries evacuated from Niger arrived in Paris early Wednesday morning. France had announced its decision to evacuate its citizens from Niamey following the military coup on July 26, in coordination with Niger forces, according to a statement of the French Embassy. The first plane ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The former deputy prime minister of Turkey said the closure of Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace by Greece is a violation of historical agreements that guarantee minorities’ rights to education in their own language. “It clearly shows that Greece does not respect human rights and minority rights,” Hak...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has voiced outright “disappointment” with the response by Sweden and Denmark to acts of desecration of the Holy Quran. Secretary-general Hissein Brahim Taha called on both countries to prevent the desecration of the Quran and “expressed his disappointme...
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP): Sweden’s government has said that it intends to “intensify” border controls due to worsening security situation in the wake of several instances of the desecration of the Holy Quran. Tensions have flared between Sweden and Muslim countries following several offensive incidents of the public desecratio...
GENEVA (AA): Members of Danske Patrioter, an Islamophobic and extreme nationalist group, on Tuesday burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. The group members chanted slogans against Islam and live-streamed their act on social media. They also burned the holy book in front of the embassies of […]
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia on Tuesday said it evacuated personnel of its embassy in Sudan as clashes between army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group continue. “Due to high security risks in the context of ongoing clashes in Sudan, some employees of the Russian Embassy transferred from Khartoum, as well as Russian citizens and [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Denmark is considering measures against culturally and religiously motivated attacks following recent Quran burnings. In a statement, the Danish government said the Quran burnings had taken on dimensions aimed at provoking and harming Denmark and other nations. The statement described acts of burning Quran as extremely aggr...
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP): Two men set the Quran alight outside parliament in Stockholm on Monday, an AFP reporter saw, at a protest similar to previous ones that have sparked tensions between Sweden and Muslim nations. Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem stomped on the Muslim holy book, set its pages ablaze before slamming it shut, as […]
