LONDON (AA): German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has cancelled a trip to Iraq due to security concerns following protests in Baghdad over the desecration of the Quran, local media said Sunday. Pistorius was advised by German security officials to cancel his trip, Germany’s DPA news agency reported, citing the Defense Ministry. The decision...
STOCKHOLM (AA): The Iraqi community in Sweden held a demonstration in the capital Stockholm on Sunday calling on authorities to ban the desecration of the Quran. Gathering outside the Iraqi Embassy, protesters chanted slogans against the burning of the Muslim holy book and the Iraqi flag. The group recited verses from the Quran and performed [...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraqi security forces on Saturday dispersed about 1,000 supporters of Moqtada Sadr who tried to march to Baghdad’s Green Zone housing foreign embassies, believing a Quran had been desecrated in Denmark. The protesters were reacting to reports of an apparent desecration of the Muslim holy book for the third time withi...
ISTANBUL (AA): Iran on Friday said it would not accept Sweden’s next ambassador to Tehran or send its own envoy to Stockholm after the most recent Quran burning in the Nordic country. “Upon the conclusion of the Swedish envoy’s tenure in Tehran, we will refrain from receiving his successor until there is a decisive action [&h...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA): Members of an Islamophobic group in Denmark burned a copy of the Holy Quran on Friday. The ultranationalist group called Danske Patrioter burned the holy book in front of Iraq’s Embassy in Copenhagen. They also carried a banner with insulting slogans about Islam before stomping on the Iraqi flag and a copy [&hel...
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump’s 2017 ban on Muslims entering the country continues to affect family reunifications. Although the ban was lifted when President Joe Biden took office in 2021, the additional vetting requirements are still causing delays in processing refugee cases. Delays worsened when embassies around t...
BAGHDAD (AA): Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq rallied against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden after Friday prayers. Hundreds of people carried the Muslim holy book to protest against the attack on the Quran in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. Early Thursday morning, a crowd of Iraqis stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad and set it [&hell...
NEW YORK (AA): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed solidarity with the worldwide Muslim community Thursday in his meeting with the Ambassadorial Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Guterres condemned acts of intolerance, violence and Islamophobia, which exacerbate tensions and contribute to discrimination and ra...
LONDON – After a U.K.-based campaign group CAGE testified about the persecution of Muslims in France, its executive director Muhammad Rabbani was reportedly harassed. The French government barred Rabbani from entering France and detained him for nearly 24 hours. CAGE has been monitoring government policies in France that directly impac...
TORONTO (AA): Disrespect for holy books and places of worship is “unacceptable,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday, in response to the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. “What we need is mutual respect. I think we’ve been very clear that the desecration of holy books, the desecration of places of worship ...
