EDEN, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels have imposed a ban on Swedish goods in response to burning of the Muslims’ holy book, the Quran. Houthi Minister of Industry and Trade Muhammad Sharaf al-Mutahhar said Swedish goods would not be allowed into areas held by the group. Speaking to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television stat...
STOCKHOLM (AA) — Sweden is considering a ban on the desecration of the Muslim holy book the Quran. According to a local daily, Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said his government is considering enacting a law to stop the burning of holy books. Strommer said such acts pose a threat to Sweden’s national security. They […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) — A three-day peace march marking the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide ended Monday in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The march was attended by thousands of people from all over the world. They commemorated the more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims killed by Serb forces near the Nezuk town in 1995. The march […]
PARIS (AA) – The police crackdown on peaceful protests in the French capital, Paris, has sparked an outcry. The demonstration in memory of Adama Traore and solidarity with Nael Merzouk was broken up by the police. Traoré, a black Frenchman, died in custody after being handcuffed and detained by police in 2016. Merzouk, 17, of […]...
ADEN, Yemen (AA): Yemen’s Houthi rebels have banned the sale of Swedish goods in areas under their control over the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Quran. “The Houthis will boycott Swedish goods due to insults against the sacred values of Islam,” Minister of Industry and Trade Muhammad Sharaf al-Mutahhar told the Houthi-run Al-Masirah televi...
PARIS (AA): A court in France rejected a request Friday to overturn a controversial burkini ban on beaches in Mandelieu-la-Napoule. The request by the Human Rights League France was rejected by the Nice Administrative Court on grounds that the municipality’s decision was aimed at preventing disruption of public order. Mandelieu-la-Napoul...
ISTANBUL (AA): Last week’s fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Muslim of Algerian descent Nahel M. has shed light on the wider issue of systemic racism in French society. According to a researcher, the malaise is deeply rooted in the country’s colonial past and continues to permeate its institutions. Police and other law enforcers have system...
BRUSSELS (AA): The EU foreign policy chief is “very closely” monitoring the latest developments in the Israel-occupied West Bank and is ready to assist parties in breaking the “vicious cycle” of violence, an official of the bloc has said. Speaking at the European Commission’s daily news briefing, lead spokesperson for f...
MOSCOW (AA): The Russian Investigative Committee has said that it has opened a criminal case against a 28-year-old Egyptian citizen after he published an offensive video showing the desecration of the Quran. In a statement on its website, the committee’s office in Russia’s city of Ulyanovsk said the man, who videotaped himself whil...
GENEVA (AA): Sweden’s legislative changes in line with a memorandum signed in Madrid last year should be reflected in practice, the Turkish foreign minister has said. Addressing a news conference after the fifth meeting of a permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden in Brussels, Hakan Fidan said “it is imperati...
