BERLIN, Germany – A number of multinational corporations are facing scrutiny for their alleged role in Uyghur forced labor. Three organizations have filed a complaint with German authorities alleging that Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW have failed to eliminate forced labor in the production of their automobiles in China. Many human r...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Due to a legal loophole, people who incite against Muslims are hardly punished by the courts in the Western European country of Belgium There have been many incidents where Muslims and veiled women have been victims of discrimination based on religion. “When a community wants to build a mosque, there is some [&helli...
GENEVA (AA) – The Swedish government wants to prevent people from entering the country to commit crimes. The Swedish Foreign Ministry said the government had decided to reintroduce border controls in May. “In May this year, the Government decided to reintroduce border controls. We were clear about the reasons for this: it was prima...
PORTALES, New Mexico – An American Muslim rights group has called on law enforcement to investigate possible bias in two incidents targeting a mosque in Portales, New Mexico. In a statement, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned the attacks and called on local police to increase patrols. CAIR urged the local Muslim c...
GENEVA, ANKARA (AA): The Swedish government said Sunday that it wants to stop those people “who seek to come to Sweden and commit crime” in the wake of the burning of the Quran in Stockholm last week. “In May this year, the government decided to reintroduce border controls. We were clear about the reasons for […]
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): The Saudi Arabia-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has called for collective measures to prevent future Quran burnings, days after a copy was torched outside a Stockholm mosque. The 57-member body met at its Jeddah headquarters on Sunday to respond to Wednesday’s incident in which an Iraqi citizen livi...
GENEVA (AA): The EU has said that burning a copy of the Quran or any other holy book “is offensive, and disrespectful and a clear act of provocation.” The remarks came after a person identified as Salwan Momika carried out the despicable act under police protection in front of a Stockholm mosque on Wednesday. The […]
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP): Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Friday distanced himself from this week’s protest at which a Quran was burned outside a Stockholm mosque, which sparked outrage in parts of the Muslim world. “It is difficult to say what the consequences will be. I think there are many people who have reason to [&he...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against burning of Quran outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world. On Thursday, one group of protesters managed to penetrate the embassy and stay inside for some 15 minutes before leaving when [...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called incident of Quran burning arrogance of West and said this is not freedom of thought WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. and Muslim countries Wednesday condemned the burning of the holy Muslim book the Quran in Sweden. State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said it was “disrespectful̵...
