NEW DELHI, India – Clashes have broken out on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, killing five people and leaving 70 injured. The clashes took place on Monday evening in Nuh district in Haryana state, 40 kilometers from the capital. The violence later spread to Gurugram, a satellite town on the outskirts of […]
NEW DELHI, India – A security guard in India shot and killed his senior colleague and three passengers on a train. The deceased passengers were Muslims. The constable, Chetan Singh, then jumped onto the tracks with his gun and began running. Eyewitnesses reported that the officer shouted slogans praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...
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 […]
ANKARA – The incident of burning Muslim holy book Quran outside a mosque in Sweden threatens to escalate into a trade war. Many influential Muslim groups in the Middle East and North Africa have called for a boycott of Swedish products. Last week, the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, the oldest Sunni institution in the Muslim […]
STOCKHOLM (AA): Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sunday he has been in close consultations with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen over the burnings of the Quran in their countries. Kristersson said Sweden is experiencing its “most serious security situation” since World War II. “We are aware that states and ...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA): Saudi Arabia on Friday summoned the Danish charge d’affaires over the desecration of copies of the Holy Quran in Copenhagen. The Saudi Foreign Ministry in a statement said it handed the Danish official a protest note “that includes the Kingdom’s demand to stop these disgraceful acts which violate all religious ...
ANKARA (AA): Muslims worldwide have unanimously condemned the desecration of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden, asserting that these attacks cannot be justified in the name of “freedom of expression.” In response to the rising offensive and Islamophobic actions perpetrated by radicals in Western countries, Muslims from all over the w...
NEW DELHI, India – The Hindu nationalist government in India has proposed a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for all citizens, regardless of religious affiliation. Muslims, Sikhs, and others fear that the government could impose Hindu upper-caste beliefs on the entire population in the name of the uniform code Activists say the introduction of a unifo...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A far-right Danish Islamophobic group burned the Quran on Tuesday outside the Turkish and Egyptian embassies in Copenhagen. The Danske Patrioter was behind the despicable act that has drawn condemnation from across the Muslim world. Denmark has condemned the burning incident and called it a “shameful act” that ...
