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No Torah burning outside the Israeli embassy
Updated 13:40 | Published 13:19 full screen The person who has been given permission by the police for a public gathering to burn a Torah and a Bible outside the…
Israel’s former prime minister condemns Torah burning
The police’s decision to grant a permit for a public gathering to a man who plans to burn a Torah and a Bible outside the Israeli embassy is drawing a…
Man facing up to two years in jail, $730K in restitution after burning down Sarnia-area cottage
News Local News Published Jul 05, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read Andrew Fickling stands outside the Sarnia courthouse Tuesday alongside his family and lawyer.…
The political scientist is critical of condemnations of the Koran burning
At the same time that the Swedish government has to deal with the strong foreign reactions to the Koran burnings – Swedish legal principles must be protected. A political balancing…
More condemn Koran burning
full screen Protests outside the Swedish embassy in Iraq last Friday. Archive image. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP/TT Last week’s Koran burning in Stockholm continues to arouse strong reactions. The World Jewish…
More condemn Koran burning
“Burning religious texts is a clear act of hatred and a fundamental attack on all people of faith,” Ronald Lauder, president of the WJC, said in a statement. Reactions from…
Pakistan calls for protest against Koran burning
full screen Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Archive image. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP/TT Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is calling for a nationwide protest on Friday following the high-profile Koran…
Pakistan calls for protest against Koran burning
The incident has created great anger in the Muslim world. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the burning in a televised speech and several countries have summoned Sweden’s ambassador…
Extraordinary meeting at the UN after the Koran burning
The UN Human Rights Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on “Koran burnings in Europe”, AFP reports. The news comes barely a week after the burning outside a mosque in…
Macky Sall renounces a new mandate, burning of the Koran in Sweden…
UNITED STATES End of positive discrimination at university The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, abolished, on June 29, the policies of positive discrimination at the university. Many institutions had…