Churches in Pakistan attacked after Christian man accused of desecrating Koran

August 16, 2023 Article

Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Koran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians have said. The scale of the violence prompted the government to deploy additional police forces and send in the army to help […]

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Denmark takes al-Qaeda threat very seriously after Koran burnings

August 16, 2023 Article

Denmark is taking threats from the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda very seriously, Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said on Tuesday, according to broadcaster DR. On Monday, reports had emerged that al-Qaeda was calling on Muslims to launch retaliation attacks for recent desecrations of the Koran in Sweden and Denmark. The Danish domestic intelligence service PET had […]

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Man who threatened to murder worshippers and urinated on mosque jailed

August 14, 2023 Article

A racist who threatened to murder Muslim children and other worshippers and blow up a...

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Arrests made after arson attack on mosque in Harlow

August 9, 2023 Article

Essex Police made two arrests following an arson attack on a mosque in Harlow yesterday...

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman formally sentenced to death

August 3, 2023 Article

The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue has been formally sentenced to death, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. US District Judge Robert Colville ordered death by lethal injection for Robert Bowers, a 50-year-old lorry […]

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman formally sentenced to death

August 3, 2023 Article

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Elon Musk’s X sues research group highlighting hateful tweets

August 1, 2023 Article

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has sued a group of researchers, alleging their work highlighting an increase in hate speech on the platform cost the company millions of dollars of advertising revenue. The suit, filed late on Monday night in US District Court in California, accuses the nonprofit Centre for Countering […]

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Koran burned again in Sweden as governments consider ban

August 1, 2023 Article

Two men burned a copy of the Koran in front of the Swedish parliament on Monday, the latest in a string of demonstrations in which Islam’s holy book was destroyed. The two trampled on the Koran and then set it on fire, the Swedish news agency TT reported. The same men have previously attracted attention […]

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Man allegedly shouted racist abuse and exposed himself outside Swindon mosque

July 31, 2023 Article

Police in Swindon arrested a man described as shouting racist abuse at worshippers outside of...

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Denmark ponders law to ban burning of the Koran in front of embassies

July 31, 2023 Article

Denmark’s foreign minister said on Sunday that the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Koran or other religious holy books in front of foreign embassies in the country. Foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in an interview with the Danish public broadcaster DR that the burning of holy scriptures “only serves […]

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