[ad_1] By AFP STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s intelligence agency heightened its terror alert level Thursday to four on a scale of five after angry reactions in the Muslim world to Koran burnings in Sweden made the country a “prioritised target”. The level was...
[ad_1] By AFP COPENHAGEN: Danish police have temporarily intensified border controls amid security concerns following several protests where Korans have been desecrated, the Danish justice ministry said on Friday. “Authorities have assessed that for a limited...
[ad_1] The body met at its headquarters to respond to Wednesday's incident in which an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden, Salwan Momika, 37, stomped on the Islamic holy book and set several pages on fire. STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s government on Sunday condemned this...
[ad_1] By ANI Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations on Thursday condemned the burning of the Koran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, warning such acts “inflame” the feelings of Muslims around the world. Under a heavy police presence, Salwan...
[ad_1] By AFP STOCKHOLM: Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organizer plans to burn a Koran outside Stockholm’s main mosque on Wednesday, the start of the Muslim three-day Eid al-Adha holiday. The police said in the written...