Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, overrunning the diplomatic compound and starting a fire Thursday.

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs honored Tuesday the winners of the top five places for males in the three categories (citizens, elite memorizers, general memorizers) in the full Holy ...

Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanim has attended the final public stage of the full Quran ...

STOCKHOLM — A Quran burning and a string of requests to approve protests involving the destruction of more holy books have left Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and its respect for ...

Two protesters burned pages torn from a Quran outside Sweden's parliament in Stockholm Monday, the third such demonstration in recent weeks and the first since the country's prime minister warned that ...

A Swedish protestor who set fire to several pages of the Quran outside a Stockholm mosque says he plans to do so again—even after the condemnation of his own government. Swedish authorities arrested ...

DOHA: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem conducted an inspection tour of the testing committees for the Full Qur ...

BAGHDAD — Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound and ...

Sweden’s National Security Adviser Henrik Landerholm is warning citizens abroad to "observe increased vigilance and caution." Terrorist groups have called for attacks against Sweden following recent ...

Recent Quran burnings in Sweden have caused government officials to warn residents to "observe increased vigilance and caution." On Aug. 17, 2023, the country raised its terrorism alert level to the ...