Quran burning
After Quran burnings, UN rights body calls for more action to combat religious hatred
By Associated Press — July 12, 2023
GENEVA (AP) — After the vote, Ambassador Khalil Hashmi of Pakistan insisted the measure “does not seek to curtail the right to free speech,” but tries to strike a “prudent balance” between it and “special duties and responsibilities.”
Pope Francis ‘outraged and disgusted’ by burning of Quran
By Claire Giangravé — July 3, 2023
(RNS) — The pope commented after a man in Sweden publicly kicked a Quran and put bacon on it before burning it.
Thousands protest in Iraq for a second day over burning of Quran in Sweden
By Ali Jabar and Nabil Al-jurani — July 3, 2023
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The protests came a day after hundreds of protesters briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad.
Protesters briefly storm the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in protest over Quran burning
By Qassim Abdul-zahra and Ali Jabar — June 30, 2023
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it had summoned the Swedish ambassador and called on Sweden's government “to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated insults to the Holy Quran.”
Quelling the obsession with burning the Quran
By Omar Suleiman — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — Addressing Islamophobia as a policy matter would rob Quran burners of the attention they seek.
The ‘maverick’ Egyptian-American Copt behind the anti-Muslim film
By Daniel Burke — September 13, 2012
(RNS) The man who circulated the trailer of an obscure anti-Islam film, promoted it on his website and posted it on social media was a little known Egyptian-American Coptic Christian activist who lives near Washington and proudly touts his ties to Quran-burner Terry Jones. By Daniel Burke.
Pennsylvania atheist threatens to desecrate Quran over state bill
By Eric Veronikis — July 17, 2012
(RNS) A Pennsylvania atheists plans to desecrate the Quran if his state's House of Representatives doesn't drop a "Year of Religious Diversity" resolution. By Eric Veronikis.
Experts say Quran burning ‘tailor-made’ for Taliban
By Tiffany McCallen — February 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Taliban is attempting to capitalize on the outbreak of violence that followed the inadvertent burning of a Quran by NATO troops by characterizing the war as a conflict between infidels and Islam, analysts said.
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