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Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and husband Arash Sadeghi (Facebook photo)
January 3, 2017, 6:39 pm
Iran activist ends 71-day prison hunger strike as wife freed
Arash Sadeghi is serving 15 years for ‘spreading propaganda’; his spouse faces 6 years behind bars for unpublished fiction story featuring burning of a Quran
By Jon Gambrell
Afghan women rights activists carry the coffin of 27-year-old Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob, during her funeral, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 22, 2015. ( photo credit: AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
March 22, 2015, 6:07 pm
Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran
Victim, laid to rest by women’s rights activists dressed in black, vindicated by country’s top detective
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and Rahim Faiez
Pastor Terry Jones is arrested on his way to burn 2,998 Qurans to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Wednesday, in Mulberry, Florida (photo credit: @theledger via Twitter)
September 12, 2013, 6:51 am
Police arrest US pastor before he can burn Qurans
Terry Jones first gained attention in 2010 when he planned to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11
By Tamara Lush
A Palestinian Muslim reads the Holy Quran at the Al-Omari mosque in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 22, 2012, 9:12 am
Pakistan mob burns alive man accused of desecrating Quran
Hundreds storm police station, set victim on fire for allegedly torching Muslim holy book, Reuters reports
From the WebFebruary 25, 2012, 3:49 pm
Afghanistan: Nato officers killed in Kabul interior ministry
The BBC reports that Afghani security officials report that two American, a colonel and a major, were killed following an argument
An anti-US demonstration in Afghanistan (photo credit: AP/Hoshang Hashimi)
February 25, 2012, 11:11 am
Afghan Quran protests enter 5th day
At least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured since riots broke out over the burning of holy books at a US base
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