Swedish Quran burner jailed over racial hatred conviction
Rasmus Paludan, a Danish anti-Islam activist and politician who made world headlines by publicly burning Qurans in Scandinavia, has been jailed for hate crimes.
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Rasmus Paludan, a Danish anti-Islam activist and politician who made world headlines by publicly burning Qurans in Scandinavia, has been jailed for hate crimes.
One of the most powerful images we have seen lately came just a couple of days ago from Iran.
Five Turkish imams who had been living in Belgium for four years face losing their jobs and possible deportation from Belgium due to a Flemish regulation designed…
While the world's eyes have been elsewhere, on Gaza, Ukraine, or developments in the South China Sea, tensions have been rising in South Asia.
With hundreds of Hindus and Christians killed and thousands more attacked and wounded, violence on minorities in Bangladesh finally calls western attention to what…
In its clampdown on Islamic extremists in Germany, the country's interior ministry has targeted several Islamic centres, a mosque, and their affiliated online media…
A 13-year-old French schoolgirl was so severely beaten up by a gang of other teens she had to be placed in an induced coma.
A damning report by the French Senate paints a dire picture of the situation in French schools.
The Muslim Brotherhood has achieved so much influence in Brussels that local politicians now need its support to win elections, according to a French academic who…
A video of a Pakistani Imam singing a sura from the Quran in the Parliament of Brussels is causing an uproar.
German police are investigating whether four young Muslim students attempted to impose stringent Islamic procedures, such as gender segregation and stoning, at a…
The Irish State has "unintentionally" facilitated the growth of "fascism" in the country, one of Ireland's most senior Islamic clerics has claimed.
"One of the worst things a white person does not want to be smeared with is... racism."
A court has delayed the expulsion of Iraq-born Salwan Momika, who took part in several Quran-burning protests in Sweden and is facing deportation for providing false…
Participants in an anti-Islamophobia event at the European Parliament have slammed France over its recent ban on Islamic dress in schools.
The head of the United Nations has lambasted France over its decision to ban certain types of Islamic dress in schools.
On September 20, the lower house of Switzerland's Parliament passed legislation that prohibits face coverings such as burqas worn by Muslim women.
Italian MEP Silvia Sardone is reportedly receiving death threats after she recently wore a T-shirt in the European Parliament that read, "No to the Islamic Veil".
A high-profile journalist in Germany has announced that he no longer intends to discuss or criticise Islam after a recent spate of threats levelled against him.
Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Weimers has invited the Iranian artist Sadaf Ahmadi to the European Parliament after the Swedish city of Borås cancelled her exhibition,…
A senior member of France's Socialist Party has lambasted his own side of the political spectrum, claiming on September 4 that France has the "dumbest Left in the…
Children who arrive at schools in France wearing Islamic clothing will be barred from classes "from Monday" September 4, Gabriel Attal, France's education minister…
Members of France's left-wing opposition will fight the government's ban on Islamic dress in schools.
French schools are struggling with an explosion of what are termed secularism violations, spurring controversy over the wearing of Islamic religious symbols and…
A Danish Government ban on Quran-burning protests would not represent any kind of assault on freedom of speech, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen,…
The IOC is calling on the EU "to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such criminal acts under the pretext of freedom of expression".
In response to security and diplomatic concerns, Denmark is contemplating banning protests involving the burning of the Quran and other religious texts.
A growing number of Swedes are requesting permission to burn Qurans, causing consternation among the Swedish police and increasing outrage in the domestic Muslim…
You are perfectly free and entitled to run full speed and headfirst into a brick wall. It is not illegal.
After contentious protests in Sweden, where copies of the Islamic religious text the Quran were set on fire, three new applications have apparently been lodged with…