An Iraqi refugee and a radical Christian have stirred controversy by demanding permission to burn a copy of the Quran in Malmo, Sweden, just before the Eurovision Song Contest begins on May 7. Salwan Najem and Jade Sandberg aim to carry out the act in protest against Islam, with Sandberg advocating for a ban on […]
LONDON (AA) – Sweden’s counter-terrorism chief warned Thursday that the country’s image has changed after the repeated Quran burnings in Stockholm. Fredrik Hallstrom said at a news conference that Sweden will probably “live with it for a time and we have to survive with that image,” reported the N WORLD media outlet. The image circulatin...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – The popular short-form video hosting service TikTok has blocked Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee who burned copies of the Quran in Sweden, from profiting from his content, local media reported Tuesday. TikTok officials confirmed that the platform has deactivated a feature making it possible for users to give money to Momi...
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...
