A man was arrested in the United Kingdom after footage of him burning a copy of the Quran was live-streamed on social media, raising concerns about the rise of blasphemy laws across Europe following a series of Quran-burning protests in Sweden and Denmark.
A Muslim convert from the UK was found guilty of preparing a terrorist act after threatening to “flatten” a mosque and plotting an attack against an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism.
Muslim convert found guilty of planned terror acts. Jason Savage, 35, threatened to "flatten" a mosque and plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorismhttps://t.co/xlntUC61O4
Sweden accused the Iranian government of using a Shia mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, to serve as a platform for espionage against the Nordic country and the Iranian diaspora living there.
An Iranian cleric serving as the imam of an Islamic Center in Stockholm’s suburbs, has been arrested for nearly two weeks and is set to be deported from Sweden, the Expressen daily reported on Friday.https://t.co/ZA6kb2rsh8
The Iraqi man who provoked demonstrations across the world and outrage all over the Arab and Muslim world for staging protests where he burned copies of the Quran in public spaces was killed in Sweden.
Saudi Arabia is set to allow foreigners to invest in publicly traded companies that own real estate in two of Islam’s holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, as the ultraconservative, oil-rich Gulf kingdom looks to attract more foreign investment.
Foreign companies will now be able to invest in Saudi companies operating in Mecca and Medina, overturning years of policy that may eventually open the door for non-Muslims pic.twitter.com/Y7HJMAXHAe
A prominent journalist in Kuwait was imprisoned for her calls to normalize the country’s ties with Israel, underscoring a critical point in the Arab world’s contentious but changing relationship with Israel and the broader geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East.
A journalist from a UK-based, English-language Islamist media outlet said in an interview with a podcast that Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel is extremely unacceptable, adding that it must cease to exist no matter how long it would take.
A former doctor has been sentenced to five years and seven months in prison after a court heard that he used rusty medical instruments to carry out circumcisions on young boys and failed to provide them with enough pain relief.
An Iranian court has allegedly sentenced a famous Iranian singer and rapper to death on appeal for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, with the Iranian judiciary denying the reports made by local media.
A notorious, international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist organization canceled its yearly event in Canada following public criticism and fears of being banned and listed in Canada as a terrorist organization.
