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A recent wave of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark is "an assertion of a broader anti-immigrant, anti-non-European right-wing bias that has grown to be quite politically strong," a...

Denmark is studying several measures and legislation to prevent the recurrence of Quran burning incidents, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Friday, Anadolu reports. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen affirmed...

Academics known for their work on religion, faith and society in the UK have said that attacks on the Muslim holy book, Quran, in Scandinavian countries are "extremist acts...

Recent "reckless" attacks on Islam's holy book, the Quran, in Denmark and Sweden are "individual" provocations, the EU said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. "The EU has always been...

Seven Danish opposition parties, on Thursday, voiced objection to the government's efforts to make it illegal to burn copies of the Quran, arguing that legislation would be an unacceptable...

Members of the ultranationalist group known as Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots) continued the desecration of Muslims' holy book, the Quran, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Denmark's...

Threats to Sweden have increased after recent Quran burnings, the country's government said on Tuesday, adding it had strengthened border controls to give police wider authority to stop and search people, as...

Denmark said, Monday, that it has noted the latest declaration by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) following a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran, saying it...

Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, said on Monday he hoped the government's proposal to limit Quran burnings in the country would help de-escalate a growing international conflict with...

Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent burnings of the Qur'an, a Turkish foreign ministry source said, Reuters reports. In a...

The Swedish migration agency said late on Friday it is re-examining the residency permit of an Iraqi refugee who is behind several Qur'an desecrations in Stockholm in recent weeks,...

Preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Ekrima Sabri asserted that Muslims refuse the burning of any holy book and consider that justifying such action as being a matter of freedom...

Muslims, worldwide, have condemned the desecration and burning of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden, asserting that these attacks cannot be justified by freedom of expression, Anadolu Agency reports....

Israel warned, on Friday, that the burning of the Torah in Sweden could harm relations between the two countries, Anadolu Agency reports. Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, spoke with his...

Turkiye welcomed the UN General Assembly's resolution that deplores all acts of violence against Holy Books as a violation of international law, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday,...

Iraqi woman tries to stop the burning of the Quran in Copenhagen

A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Qurans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday, after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden...

Hate speech and racism against Muslims in Europe have increased significantly, threatening co-existence in societies, the head of Hamad bin Khalifa Civilisation Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark said, Anadolu Agency...

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that the Danish diplomatic mission in Baghdad left the country on Saturday, following the burning of a copy of the Holy...

The Iranian Ministry of Security said yesterday it had disbanded a major network allegedly sponsored by Israel's Mossad spy agency that planned to carry out several acts of sabotage...

Attacks against the Holy Quran persist in Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, as members of the marginalised group, Danish Patriots, known for their anti-Islamic and ultra-nationalist stance, burned two copies of...

The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, the legislative body of the Arab League, has denounced the burning of the Holy Qur'an by a right-wing group in Copenhagen on Friday,...

Iran on Saturday summoned Denmark's ambassador to Tehran over the most recent Quran burning in the country, local media reported, Anadolu reports. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Jesper Vahr...

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?

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...

Turkiye is in contact with officials in Denmark for the repatriation of a nearly 2,000-year-old portrait of a bronze statue of Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus, dating back to 145-211...

The burning of a copy of the Holy Qur'an in front of the Grand Mosque in Stockholm was not the first such incident in Sweden and it is unlikely...

Ten European countries have called on Israel to halt its policy of home demolitions and confiscation of Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank, reports Anadolu Agency. The call...

European Diplomatic missions in Jerusalem on Friday called on the Israeli occupation to halt all confiscations and demolitions in the occupied West Bank. In a press statement, the consortium...

The European Union (EU) is currently experiencing a migration flux reflecting 2016 levels, recording 330,000 new arrivals last year with no sign of decline. Meanwhile, EU countries have continuously...

European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to require member countries to host some of the refugees and migrants coming to the bloc at times of high arrivals, part of...

Turkiye, on Friday, strongly condemned the recurrence of a "vile attack" on the Muslim Holy Book, the Quran, and a Turkish flag in Denmark, Anadolu News Agency reports. "It...