Showing posts with label Koran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Koran. Show all posts

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Muslim Mobs Torch Churches after Koran ‘Desecrated’

THE TELEGRAPH: Dozens of houses also set ablaze as thousands riot in Pakistan after brothers accused of violating blasphemy laws


Muslim mobs have torched churches in Pakistan after two locals were accused of desecrating the Koran, violating blasphemy laws.

The violence erupted after torn pages of the sacred text with insulting remarks allegedly scribbled on them were found near a Christian community in Jaranwala, eastern Pakistan.

Local authorities said five churches and dozens of houses were set ablaze as thousands of rioters, led by local clerics, rampaged through the city carrying iron rods and knives, forcing Christians living there to flee.

Footage of flames and smoke billowing from buildings and people tearing a crucifix from a church was shared widely on social media.

The rioters were demanding that the two accused men, brothers who have fled their homes, be handed over to them. » | Samaan Lateef in New Delhi | Thursday, August 17, 2023

Thursday, June 29, 2023

NATO Responds to Swedish Quran Burning

Jun 29, 2023 | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that he understood the emotion caused by the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden but urged for a compromise over Sweden's accession to NATO.

Koran-burning Protest Could Further Delay Sweden's Bid to Join NATO • FRANCE 24 English

Jun 29, 2023 | A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the protest to take place.

Burning of Quran in Stockholm Sparks Outrage in Muslim World

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sweden has been widely condemned for allowing the burning of the Muslim holy book outside a mosque on Wednesday during Eid al-Adha, a major Islamic holiday.

The burning of a Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on one of the holiest days in Islam sparked outrage Thursday in many Muslim countries and widespread condemnations of the Swedish authorities.

In Iraq, several hundred people protested outside the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad at the urging of Muqtada al-Sadr, a populist cleric who called on the Iraqi government to break off diplomatic relations with Sweden, which he called “hostile” to Islam.

The crowd became increasingly angry, scaling the wall surrounding the compound and pushing through an external gate. There was no sign that Iraqi diplomatic police forces attempted to stop them. The protesters did not enter the embassy itself, which was closed for the Islamic holiday, and eventually left. Mr. Sadr called for larger protests after prayers on Friday.

Iraq’s foreign ministry also condemned Sweden “for allowing an extremist to burn a copy of the holy Quran.”

In the incident in Stockholm on Wednesday, two men, watched by a crowd of people, tore pages out of a Quran and burned them outside a mosque. » | Alissa J. Rubin and Isabella Kwai, Alissa Rubin reported from Baghdad, and Isabella Kwai from London | Thursday, June 29, 2023

Friday, August 04, 2017

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Österreich verbietet die Burka


NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Österreich verbietet die Vollverschleierung im öffentlichen Raum. Wer dagegen verstösst, bezahlt 150 Euro.

Das von der Regierung am Dienstag beschlossene und im Vorfeld heftig kritisierte Burka-Verbot ist Teil eines neuen Integrationsprogramms. Die rot-schwarze Regierung hatte sich nach ihrem Koalitions-Neustart im Januar auf die Eckpunkte des Pakets geeinigt. Neben dem Ganzkörpergewand Burka sind noch weitere Kleidungsstücke, die das Gesicht von Frauen verhüllen, im öffentlichen Raum verboten. » | dpa | Dienstag, 28. März 2017

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Ex-Muslim Defends Right to Asylum, Renounces Islam by Desecrating Quran (2016)


Swedish Migration Board insists on deporting me back to Egypt despite the danger to my freedom and life or the persecution I am faced with in my home country . In this video I desecrate a copy of the Quran to prove having renounced Islam.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ex-Muslim Mona Walter Left Islam After Reading the Quran


Mona Walter is on a mission. Her mission is for more Muslims to know what is in the Quran. She says if more Muslims knew what was in the Quran, more would leave Islam.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Geert Wilders: Close All Mosques In The Netherlands


BREITBART.COM: Leader of Netherlands’ most popular party Geert Wilders has proposed a closure of all Mosques in the country and a total ban on the Koran ahead of the 2017 general election.

Leader of the populist Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders has proposed the most radical anti-Islamisation platform for any party in European politics. Wilders, whose PVV are currently top of all major polls in the Netherlands, has declared that the new platform for the party ahead of the general elections in 2017 will include the plan to close all Mosques in the country and place a ban on the Islamic holy book, the Koran. Wilders claims that the move is to counter the Islamisation he sees ongoing in the country reports Belgian paper Demorgen. » | Chris Tomlinson | Saturday, August 27, 2016

Friday, August 19, 2016

Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause (2011)


The U.S. government condemns burning the Qur'an. Yet the U.S. government burns Bibles. This is a clear violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Monday, December 07, 2015

Karen Armstrong: Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time


Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by Harper Collins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a respectful man.


My comment:

This woman is obviously very erudite; but she is very naïve and is obviously living in cloud-cuckoo-land. In fact, she is living in a parallel universe. – © Mark

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

‪‘Oldest' Koran Discovery: Predates Prophet Mohammed?‬


Claims that newly-discovered fragments of an early Koran predate the Prophet Mohammed and destabilize the idea that he revealed the contents have been questioned by an expert on the research team involved.


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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Shocking Koran Discovery: Fragments of Religious Text 'May Be OLDER Than Prophet Muhammad'

Fragments of what is believed to be the oldest Koran in the
world were found last month
EXPRESS: THE roots of Islam could be shaken at the core after scholars suggested that fragments of an old Koran may PREDATE the Prophet Muhammad.

Pages of what is believed to be the oldest Koran in the world were discovered in Birmingham last month, sparking intense interest among academics and believers across the globe.

They were then carbon-dated by experts at the University of Oxford, who predicted that it was more than 1,350 years old.

But now several historians have suggested that the parchment appears to be so old, that it could have even existed BEFORE the Prophet Muhammad.

If the timings are correct, the Koran found in Birmingham was made between 568AD and 645AD, while the dates usually given for the life of Muhammad are between 570AD and 632AD.

Historian Tom Holland, told the Times: "It destabilises, to put it mildly, the idea that we can know anything with certainty about how the Koran emerged - and that in turn has implications for the history of Muhammad and the Companions."

Keith Small, from the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library, added: "This gives more ground to what have been peripheral views of the Koran's genesis, like that Muhammad and his early followers used a text that was already in existence and shaped it to fit their own political and theological agenda, rather than Muhammad receiving a revelation from heaven."

He went to suggest that if the dates are correct, "then the Koran, or at least portions of it, predates Muhammad". » | Levi Winchester | Monday, August 31, 2015