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Algeria said on Monday that Denmark’s foreign minister apologized for a recent string of Quran burnings by far-right extremists in front of the diplomatic missions of several Muslim nations, including Algiers’. During a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf, Lars Lokke Rasmussen expressed his regret over the burnings of the Muslim holy book…
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Attacks on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, continued on Friday by Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group “Danske Patrioter” (Danish Patriots) despite wide-ranging condemnation. Members of the group burned copies of the Quran in front of the Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian, and Moroccan embassies, as well as a mosque in Copenhagen. The perpetrators chanted anti-Islamic slogans…
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Both Momika and Najem have repeatedly stated that they want the Quran banned completely in the Nordic nation, which has broad free speech laws. Two men set fire to a copy of the Quran on Monday in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, in a rally similar to previous events that provoked a diplomatic…
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Türkiye on Friday reiterated its strong condemnation of attacks on the holy Quran in Europe, terming it a plague. Speaking at the joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he believes the Islamic world will take some decisions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday strongly condemned the desecration of the holy Quran by a right-wing man in Sweden’s capital. In a Twitter post, Iran’s top diplomat said the entire Islamic world “strongly condemns the insult to the holy books and the Holy Quran.” Rebuking the Swedish authorities, Amir-Abdollahian said allowing the desecration…
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An app used by Muslims throughout the world, Quran Majeed, has been removed by Apple at the request of the Chinese government. The BBC reports that the app was removed after China accused Quran Majeed of posting illegal religious texts. The elimination of the app was reported by Apple Censorship – a website that monitors…
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Kemi Omololu Olunloyo, the controversial daughter of a former Oyo State governor, has attracted anger from both Muslims and Christians around the world. In her recent public statements, she said the Quran “is a tool of destruction” which should be discarded. Image: Kemi Olunloyo The daughter of ex-governor Victor Omololu-Olunloyo called on all Muslims to…
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