Quran Burning

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Europe

Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of SMS to Swedes calling for revenge over 2023 Quran burnings

Officials in Stockholm claimed that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out “a data breach" and managed to send “some 15,000 text messages in Swedish” over the string of public...

Pakistani christians Prayer for Jaranwala christians after the recent attack on a Christian area by an angry Muslim mob, In Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
South Asia

Pakistan to compensate Christians who lost homes in rioting over alleged desecration of Quran

People demonstrate against the desecration of the Koran in Denmark, in Sanaa, Yemen July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
Europe

Denmark to tighten border control after Quran burnings

Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Saturday, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. Protesters attempted to cross the Jumhuriya bridge leading to the Green Zone, where the Danish embassy is, but were pushed back by security forces. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
Europe

Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Qurans are burned

Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Saturday, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. Protesters attempted to cross the Jumhuriya bridge leading to the Green Zone, where the Danish embassy is, but were pushed back by security forces. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
World+Biz

Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson addresses the media ahead of a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/ File Photo
Europe

Swedish PM 'extremely worried' what could happen if further Quran burnings go ahead

People demonstrate against the desecration of the Quran in Denmark, in Sanaa, Yemen July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
World+Biz

Quran burnt in front of Egyptian, Turkish embassies in Denmark

Protesters from the "Danish Patriots" demonstrate in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark July 24, 2023 Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Sjoerup/via REUTERS
Europe

Protesters burn Quran in front of Iraqi embassy in Denmark

Iraqi demonstrators hold the Koran during a protest near the Green Zone against the burning of a copy of the Koran and the Iraqi flag in the Swedish capital Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq July 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily
Middle East

Iraqis protest over Quran desecration; Iran condemns Sweden

A demonstrator burns the Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. Photo: REUTERS
Europe

Limited political support in Sweden to ban Quran burnings

Protesters clash with security forces members as they gather near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad hours after the embassy was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Koran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
Middle East

Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Quran burning

A protester holds up a portrait of Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as smoke rises from the Swedish embassy building in Baghdad during a protest near the embassy hours after it was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Quran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq on 20 July 2023. Reuters/Ahmed Saad
Middle East

Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Quran burning

Protesters climb a fence as they gather near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad hours after the embassy was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Koran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
World+Biz

Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Quran burning