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The Saudi Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned the chargé d'affaires of the Swedish Embassy in the Kingdom, handing him a protest note against the burning and desecration of copies...
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July 22, 2023
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Sanja Skov Vedel
Sweden has allowed people to burn the Quran claiming it is their 'right' to do so, but does this outweigh the possible incitement such actions can cause?
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Britain has condemned the desecration and burning of the Quran, Islam's holy book, in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm, Anadolu Agency reports. In a written statement issued by...
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Ending the Black Sea grain deal as announced this week would hit hard in numerous ways, warned Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adding that Turkiye is already working to...
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Iraqi authorities, on Thursday, declared Sweden's ambassador to Baghdad 'persona non grata' following Swedish police permission for Quran burning in front of the Iraqi Embassy, according to the Iraqi...
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Sweden, on Thursday, saw yet another act of deliberate desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Quran. Despite protests of the official permission for previous acts of desecration, this provocation...
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A Turkish Court issued an arrest warrant for Rasmus Paludan, a far-right Danish leader, following his controversial act of burning a copy of the Quran in front of the...
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Supporters of Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr break into and set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in reaction to the Quran burning in Sweden
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July 19, 2023
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Elif Selin Calik
Last week was, by all standards, a historical turning point for the relationship between Turkiye and its NATO allies. Three important developments were witnessed at the Vilnius summit. First,...
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The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, a major humanitarian organisation, has paused some of its operations, it said on Wednesday, after a Taliban order halting Swedish activities in the country,...
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In response to the burning of the Quran outside of a Swedish mosque last month, a Muslim activist was granted permission to burn copies of the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli embassy in the capital Stockholm. Ahmed Allush says he never intended to go through with burning the holy books, but rather emphasise the fact that no sacred book should be burned.
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Former head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar Al-Shareef, Sheikh Abdul Hamid Al-Atrash, on Friday slammed Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir over claiming that burning the Torah...
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Leading Jewish Rabbi in Sweden Moshe David HaCohen has shared his view that burning a copy of the Torah is not an antisemitic act nor specifically targeted at Jews,...
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Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, strongly condemned the Swedish authorities on Friday for allowing the public burning of a copy of the Jewish holy book, Torah, while the Ashkenazi chief...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry yesterday condemned the repeated burning of the Holy Quran by extremists across Europe, calling for international action to prevent such provocations in the future, Al-Ahram...
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Washington will move ahead with the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye in consultation with Congress, US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Tuesday, a day after...
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Turkiye backs Sweden's NATO bid
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The Taliban administration halted all activities by Sweden in Afghanistan on Tuesday in response to the burning of a Quran in Stockholm last month, and a major Swedish aid...
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The Kuwaiti government has announced plans to publish 100,000 copies of the Quran in the Swedish language for distribution in the Scandinavian country, in response to the provocative Quran burning...
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July 10, 2023
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Anadolu Agency
Focusing on Russia again, just like in the first Cold War, NATO has returned to its default settings. As of 2021, it has turned toward expanding its sphere of...
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Yemen's Houthi movement, which controls the country's north, has banned Swedish imports in protest against the burning of the Quran in Stockholm, the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, reports...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the need for collective action Saturday to address escalating Islamophobia and xenophobia in Western nations, reports Anadolu Agency. "The vile attack on our...
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Turkiye expects Sweden to fulfil its promises made under last year's Madrid memorandum for its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) bid, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday,...
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A Swedish court, on Thursday, found a man guilty of attempting to finance the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a ruling that could help end Turkiye's veto of...
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The Swedish government is examining whether it could change the law to stop people setting the Quran on fire in public, as recent burnings of the Muslim Holy Book...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, on Friday reiterated his call for nationwide protests against the recent burning of the Quran in Sweden, as the country observes Youm-e-Taqaddus-e-Quran, or Quran...
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July 5, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Desecrating, then burning the Holy Quran in Sweden has, once again, raised a political storm of condemnation, but also of justification, if not outright approval. Such acts are protected...
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A leading Muslim group in the US urged President Joe Biden and Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, to condemn the Quran burning in Sweden, Anadolu Agency reports. The Council...
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The UK, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine have taken Iran to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the downing of a civilian aircraft in 2020, the UN's top court...
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Hungary's foreign minister yesterday said his country will back Turkiye's decision on Sweden's bid to join NATO, Anadolu reported. "If there is a shift , then of course...
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session later this week to discuss the burning of the Quran in Sweden, a spokesman said Tuesday. Last Wednesday,...
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By mutually appointing ambassadors, Ankara and Cairo have marked a new milestone in the normalisation of ties, said Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. "With...