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...
TORONTO (AA) – A bomb threat was made against Mohammed Mosque (Masjid Muhammad) in Washington, DC, as worshipers were performing Friday prayers. Police responded and evacuated the congregation during prayers but determined the threat was baseless. A Metropolitan Police officer told Anadolu that officials went to the mosque as quickly as ...
-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 “...
MONROE, Michigan – A Muslim advocacy group has called for a boycott of Erie Orchards & Cider Mill in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan after the owner made Islamophobic remarks that were caught on video. A Muslim family, Yousef Abu Jenna Mahmoud, his wife, and their three young daughters, visited the orchard […]
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...
WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, currently traveling through India, has come under fire for a meeting with far-right Hindutva ideologue Abhijeet Iyer-Mitra. Iyer-Mitra has been accused of spreading an Islamophobic narrative and calling Khanna’s Muslim colleague, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a “jihadi.” K...
Mumbai, India — AFP The Kerala Story is one of a slew of polarising films sparking concern Bollywood is churning out cultural propaganda to bolster support for India’s ruling party ahead of elections. The trailer for the anti-Muslim box office hit claims to depict “innocent girls trapped, transformed and trafficked for terror...
-Watch list subjects those on it to constant suspicion without due process, investigation, or indictment SEATTLE – A Seattle Muslim religious leader has filed suit against the U.S. government for placing him on the watch list. The watch list subjects those on it to constant suspicion without due process, investigation, or indictment. Ima...
PODGORICA, Montenegro – In the southeastern European country of Montenegro, two incidents targeting Muslims in religious dress occurred in quick succession this month. First, a Kuwaiti woman wearing an Islamic headscarf and her family were pelted with an alcoholic drink from a hotel balcony in Budva. Two days later, a man insulted a teen...
