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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners start indefinite hunger strike over violent raids on cells

Aug 18, 2023 08:03

Hundreds of Palestinians being held inside detention facilities across the occupied territories have launched an indefinite hunger strike to protest mistreatment by prison service forces and violent raids on their cells.
OIC envoys urge governments to fight Islamophobia amid recurring Qur’an desecration in Europe

Aug 15, 2023 11:18

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ambassadors to Britain have called on governments to fight against Islamophobic acts amid recurring desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden and Denmark.
Ansarullah leader: Muslim countries must take decisive stance against desecration of sanctities

Aug 13, 2023 05:04

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has urged Muslim countries to take a categorical position against desecration of their sanctities, especially sacrilegious acts against the Holy Qur'an.
'Ruse for ethnic cleansing?' Indian court halts demolitions of Muslim homes

Aug 08, 2023 13:21

The Punjab and Haryana high court in India has halted the administration's demolition drive of houses, questioning the local government-sanctioned measure as an “exercise of ethnic cleansing” by the state.
Scholars discuss Islamophobic hate speech, violation of rights in Sweden

Aug 08, 2023 05:30

In the Iranian capital, Tehran, representatives of different faiths as well as researchers have come together to discuss different aspects of blasphemy, including the recent cases of desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden.
Over 300 Muslim homes, shops demolished in India’s Haryana

Aug 07, 2023 12:51

More than 300 Muslim homes and shops have been demolished by government authorities in India’s state of Haryana state in just four days, almost a week after a deadly attack on a mosque by a Hindu mob in a Muslim-majority district of the northern region.
President Maduro of Venezuela censures European leaders for silence on sacrilege

Aug 07, 2023 11:59

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela has censured European leaders for their silence toward acts of sacrilege against the Holy Qur'an in Sweden and Denmark.
Iran summons Danish ambassador again over Qur'an desecration

Aug 07, 2023 09:22

Iran has once again summoned the Danish Ambassador to Tehran Jasper Vahr to protest against the repeated acts of desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Copenhagen.
India: Authorities raze 200 Muslim homes following raging Hindu-Muslim rift

Aug 05, 2023 08:35

Indian authorities have waged a campaign of demolishing the so-called "illegal" homes of more than 200 local Muslims in the state of Haryana, accusing their residents of involvement in an attack on a Hindu procession followed by a deadly attack on a mosque by a Hindu mob.
Yemeni protesters burn Swedish flag in Sana'a after state-authorized Qur’an desecrations

Aug 04, 2023 08:15

Yemeni protesters have set the Swedish flag on fire in condemnation of the recurring acts of desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the Nordic country.