JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Denmark will close its embassies in Burkina Faso and Mali, and open new missions in Senegal, Tunisia, and Rwanda as part of a new Africa strategy, the Foreign Ministry has said. “As a result of military coups that have severely limited the scope for action in the Sahel region, the embassies in […]
PRAGUE (AA) – For over two weeks, hundreds of students have been encamped at the University of Copenhagen, one of hundreds of similar protests sweeping the entire globe. Their demands are centered on divestment from companies linked to Israel, while also pressing the university administration to declare Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza genocid...
BERLIN (AA) – With Islamophobia already a major issue in Germany, there are heightened fears within the Muslim community that far-right activists could stage acts of desecration of religious scriptures in the country, like the ones seen in other European nations such as Sweden and Denmark. If that were to happen, it could lead to […]
LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – The Swedish prime minister on Friday voiced respect for Denmark’s step toward criminalizing the public desecration of religious scriptures. “I have great respect for what Denmark is doing,” Ulf Kristersson said at a news conference, according to local media. He added that Sweden and Denmark have differe...
LONDON (AA) – The Danish government has announced that it has presented a bill criminalizing the burning of religious scriptures publicly. The action is being taken for criminalizing the burning of the Bible or the Quran, said a statement by Foreign Ministry. “As a result of recent Quran burnings, Denmark is increasingly seen in la...
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...
