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Far-right US Congress candidate Valentina Gomez, a Republican from Texas, burns a Quran in an advertisement posted on August 26, 2025. (Screen capture via X)
August 27, 2025, 11:39 am
‘Stop Islam’: Far-right US House candidate in Texas burns Quran in campaign ad
Colombian-American influencer Valentina Gomez, who came in 6th last time she ran for office, uses flamethrower against Islamic holy book, winning praise from Trump confidante
By ToI Staff
Muhammad leads Abraham, Moses, Jesus and others in prayer. Persian miniature, 15th century. (Public domain)
March 10, 2025, 3:10 am
This Muslim scholar wants to revive the ‘Judeo-Islamic tradition,’ starting with Moses
In his new book ‘The Islamic Moses,’ US-based author Mustafa Akyol turns to the Quran’s focus on a shared prophet to highlight a historic closeness and foster interfaith relations
By Zack Rothbart
Salwan Najem (Youtube screenshot)
February 3, 2025, 7:03 pm
Swedish court convicts Quran burner of hate crimes, days after his ally was killed
Salwan Najem ‘expressed contempt for the Muslim ethnic group,’ court says, adding he and partner Salwan Momika — shot Thursday — exceeded free speech protections ‘by a wide margin’
By Reuters
Illustrative: A Saudi flag behind barbed wire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, highest number in decades – rights groups
Some of them were put to death for drug smuggling, non-lethal terrorism, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that executions are only for lethal crimes
By Pesha Magid
A demonstrator holds up a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
September 24, 2024, 12:29 pm
Sweden says Iran was behind mass text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings
Officials say Islamic Revolutionary Guard breached major Swedish text messaging company, sent out 15,000 messages aiming to ‘destabilize’ country
By Agencies
An IDF soldier seen throwing a Quran into a fire in Gaza. (X screengrab)
May 24, 2024, 5:48 pm
IDF opens probe after social media posts show troops burning Quran, other books in Gaza
IDF says ‘severe’ incidents are ‘inconsistent with values’; Military Police’s findings to be submitted to Military Advocate General for review
By Emanuel Fabian
Police use water cannons on protesters blocking the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2024. (Adar Eyal/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 10, 2024, 1:13 am
Protesters, police clash following rallies focused on plight of female hostages
Two Tel Aviv protests held block apart, both using Women’s Day as theme; rally for hostages disperses peacefully, while anti-gov’t protesters spar with cops before heading home
By Iddo Schejter, Charlie Summers and Canaan Lidor
Joseph Avi Yair Engel, right, whose parents were Holocaust survivors and whose grandson was released from captivity in Gaza, speaks at rally calling for the release of the remaining hostages, in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 28, 2024, 4:31 am
Holocaust traumas, modern failings echo at rallies for hostages, against government
As world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, stories of survivors and rescuers take center stage at weekly gathering; six arrested as anti-Netanyahu protesters attempt to block roads
By Canaan Lidor
Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, January 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 25, 2023, 4:47 pm
Danish bill would make it illegal to burn Quran or other religious texts  
A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by anti-Islam activists has sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JAN M. OLSEN
Illustrative: Iraqis raise copies of the Quran during a protest after reports of Quran burnings in Europe, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
August 19, 2023, 6:05 am
Far-right activist rips up Quran during protest in the Netherlands
Dutch man desecrates holy book outside Turkish embassy in The Hague, infuriating counter-protesters, in the latest in a string of similar incidents in Europe
By AFP
People look a church damaged and burned by angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Shafqat)
August 17, 2023, 8:39 am
Muslim mobs burn churches in Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating Quran
Up to 17 churches, several homes burned or destroyed; police and military sent in to stop attacks; no immediate reports of casualties
By ASIM TANVEER and Munir Ahmed
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
July 31, 2023, 5:43 am
Denmark, Sweden seek ways to prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
Recent string of public Quran desecrations by handful of anti-Islam activists have sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JARI TANNER
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
July 24, 2023, 7:52 am
International Islamic group suspends Sweden’s special envoy over Quran desecrations
57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation accuses Swedish authorities of enabling ‘repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols’
By AP
Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
July 22, 2023, 2:34 pm
Protesters try to storm Baghdad Green Zone over apparent burning of Quran in Denmark
Crowd tries to enter heavily fortified area following reports a Danish ultranationalist group burned a copy of holy book outside the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen
By ali jabar and JARI TANNER
Protesters chant slogans against Sweden in front of the embassy in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 22, 2023, 5:38 am
Amid fury over Quran desecrations, Iran says it won’t accept new Swedish ambassador
Protesters in Tehran denounce Sweden, Israel and other countries, and crowds rally in Iraq, as Muslim world rages after holy book burned, stepped on in Stockholm
By AFP
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