In response to the burning of the Quran outside of a Swedish mosque last month, a Muslim activist was granted permission to burn copies of the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli embassy in the capital Stockholm. Ahmed Allush says he never intended to go through with burning the holy books, but rather emphasise […]
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Chief Sweden rabbi: ‘Burning Torah not antisemitic’
Leading Jewish Rabbi in Sweden Moshe David HaCohen has shared his view that burning a copy of the Torah is not an antisemitic act nor specifically targeted at Jews, Israeli Ynet News reported on Friday. “It is an attempt to challenge freedom of expression and exploit it for acts of hatred,” HaCohen, who heads Amanah […]
Iran summons Sweden chargé d’affaires over Quran burning
Iran has summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires to protest against the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, state media reported, Anadolu Agency reports. The Swedish envoy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, and urged to prevent insults to the moral and religious values of Muslims on Thursday, according to IRNA, the official […]
Iraqis storm Swedish embassy to protest Quran burning
Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators yesterday stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad to protest the burning of the holy Quran in Stockholm. Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr had called for a large "angry" protest outside Sweden's embassy in Baghdad, demanding the expulsion of its ambassador from the country as well. An Iraqi burned the Quran in Stockholm, […]
Laurence Fox Defends Burning ‘Child Mutilation’ LGBTQ+ Progress Pride Flag
Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox defended burning several ‘Progress Pride’ flags, saying that the flag represents “child mutilation”. Source Views: 0
San Francisco Man Convicted of Murder for Beating Roommate During Zoom Call and Burning Her Alive
SAN FRANCISCO—A jury has convicted a San Francisco man of killing his 79-year-old roommate by beating her with a baseball bat and lighting her on fire. The attack was partially captured on Zoom. Min Jian Guan, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 30 for the June 14, 2020, death of Yu Quin […]
Sati Widow-Burning: A Dark Chapter in Indian History
Sati, the practice of a widow self-immolating on her husband’s funeral pyre, remains one of the most controversial and emotive issues in South Asian culture. Read more Section: News History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source Views: 0
Watch: Ukraine man tries to save neighbour’s belongings from burning house after attack
Russian forces are targeting the town of Chasiv Yar, in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow looks to close pincers on Bakhmut. Source Views: 0
California Amazon Driver Helps Save Dog from Burning Car: ‘I Just Wanted to Try and Help’
A daring Amazon delivery driver braved flames to help rescue a dog from the back of a burning vehicle in Merced, California, last week. Source Views: 0
Finland Says Quran-Burning Is Kremlin Plot to Sabotage Sweden’s NATO Bid
From Politico to Vice to various news agencies, mainstream media is busy echoing the conspiracy theories and wild speculations of some Western officials – with the latest being based on allegations by Finland’s foreign minister… “Finland’s foreign minister hinted that Russia may have been involved in last week’s Koran-burning protest that threatens to derail Sweden’s […]
41 Kuwait MPs call to boycott Sweden over extremist’s burning of Holy Qur’an
As many as 41 Kuwaiti lawmakers condemned, on Tuesday, the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist Stram Kurs Party leader, Rasmus Paludan, in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and called to boycott all countries that do not respect Muslims sanctities, Kuwaiti Al-Anbaa newspaper reported. The lawmakers said, in a joint […]
Russia slams NATO chief’s response to burning copy of Holy Qur’an in Sweden
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, criticised, on Tuesday, the NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg's comments on burning a copy of the Holy Quran by Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist, Stram Kurs Party leader, Rasmus Paludan, in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Zakharova said in a post on Telegram that respecting people's religious opinions and beliefs is "a duty, […]
Hezbollah Officials: Burning of Holy Quran Assaults Dignity of All Muslims
January 23, 2023 Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed that burning of Holy Quran in Sweden is an assault on humanity and the divine religions, a fabricated sedition with Western support, and a clear inability to promote the materialistic concepts in face of the loftiness of Islam. Sheikh Qassem wondered whether insulting 1.5 billion […]
You Do Realize Thanksgiving Is A “Witch” Burning, Little Southern Children Gang Raping To Death yankee Celebration?
The Cromwell’s “puritans” chopped a kings head off, made Cromwell king by another name, “Lord Protector”, started numerous wars, holocausted lots of innocent people, tried to wipe the Irish from the face of the earth and force everyone to worship their demonic “god”, as the “puritans” ordered them to, or the “puritans”would kill their asses!~ […]
There’s No Place For Burnout In A Burning World
By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched “An Inconvenient Truth.” At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal […]
Smyrna is burning: Remembering the unforgettable homelands of the Greeks
On August 31, 1922, Kemal’s army wanted to destroy everything Greek that existed in the capital of Ionia. Smyrna is burning. The burning of the Ionian capital is one of the many crimes against humankind and civilization committed by the Turks during their history. The protagonist of the Asia Minor tragedy was a venerable hierarch […]
Fire in Thassos: Two fronts are burning uncontrollably in Skala
An out-of-control fire broke out on Wednesday night (10/8) in the area of Skala Potamia on the island of Thassos. Ground forces of the Fire Department and several volunteers have rushed to the scene of the blaze to try to put the fire out. The flames are visible from the beach of Potamia, which currently… […]
The Mysterious House-Burning of the Forgotten Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture
The discovery of ancient cultures, and artifacts related to those cultures, often brings for new and surprising information about how our ancient ancestors once lived. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Europe Unexplained Phenomena History Ancient Traditions Read Later Views: 0
Why Are Dozens of Processing Facilities Burning Down?
With each passing day inflation rates soar to sky-high levels. Prices of groceries, fuel, and housing are rising astronomically every week. As Americans struggle to afford basic necessities, the United States government is hemorrhaging billions of dollars overseas. Simultaneously, domestic supply chain issues have left shelves increasingly barren, and rampant shortages are impacting the lives […]