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Yemen’s Houthi authorities ban Swedish imports over Quran desecration row
Yemen’s Houthi movement has banned Swedish imports in protest against the burning of a copy of the holy Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm. Mohammad Sharaf Al-Mutahhar, the trade minister for the…
- Pakistan
Protests in Pakistan over burning of Quran in Sweden
Islamabad: People in Pakistan took out rallies on Friday against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden after the Islamic nation’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for protests over the “disheartening incident”…
- Middle East
OIC to hold emergency meet to discuss Quran desecration in Sweden
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday announced an emergency open meeting next week in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the burning of a Quran copy in Sweden. This came at…
- Middle East
Jordan summons Swedish envoy over Quran burning in Stockholm
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish Ambassador in Amman in protest of the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book Quran in Stockholm. The Ministry said on Thursday…
- World
Sweden: Protester desecrates Quran outside Stockholm mosque
Stockholm: A protestor tore up and burned pages of a copy of the Holy Quran at a small protest outside Stockholm’s Grand Mosque in Sweden with police permission on Wednesday, after the…
- World
Sweden, Finland, Norway vow to strengthen defence cooperation
Stockholm: The leaders of Sweden, Finland and Norway vowed to strengthen defence cooperation in the face of common security challenges. Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Norway’s Prime…
- Business
Newark-Delhi Air India flight diverted to Stockholm after oil leak
New Delhi: A Delhi-bound Air India flight from the Newark airport in New Jersey with nearly 300 passengers on board, was diverted to Stockholm following an oil leak. Flight AAI106, a Boeing…
- World
Sweeden: Stockholm hosts Nobel Prize award ceremony 2022
Stockholm: The Nobel Prize award ceremony was on Saturday held in the Swedish capital Stockholm. This year’s laureates received their awards in the Concert Hall on, Xinhua News Agency reported. This year’s…
- Middle East
Sweden: Destroyed Quran left near entrance of Stockholm mosque
A mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, was subjected to an Islamophobic attack where a copy of the Quran was destroyed and hung with chains near the entrance of a mosque. The…
- World
Birthrate in Sweden hits lowest in two decades
Stockholm: Birthrate in Sweden has reached the lowest level in more than two decades, according to official figures. The figures issued by Statistics Sweden on Sunday revealed that between January and April…
- World
Sweden: Demonstrations against burning of the Quran continue
Stockholm: Hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the parliament house in Stockholm, Sweden, against the burning of copies of the Holy Quran by extremists on Saturday afternoon, Anadolu Agency reported. The…
