Sheikh” Mosque in the Khirbet Tana area, part of the town of Beit Furik east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

Five centuries after the Pope ordered the public burning of Martin Luther’s books, book burning is still being used as political performance. Unlike the papal attacks on Luther, however, or the Nazi ...

The Trump State Department took aim at foreign authorities "complicit" in censoring Americans' free speech by imposing new visa restrictions.

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee involved in Quran-burning protests in Sweden, was shot dead on Wednesday night. Momika faced hate crime charges and had his Swedish residency permit revoked after ...

In October 2023, a Swedish court convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred with a 2020 Quran burning, the first time the country’s court system had tried the charge for desecrating Islam’s ...

Swedish police have confirmed the killing of Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika overnight on Wednesday. Momika, who was in his 40s and became famous for his regular Quran-burning ...

Iraqi at center of Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead before court verdict Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set ...

People protest against the burning of Quran in Denmark and Sweden, in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 24, 2023. The desecration incidents have not only deeply offended Muslims but have also tarnished the ...

This summer Sweden found itself the target of a wave of anger from the Middle East after an Iraqi refugee burned a Quran in Stockholm. It seemed spontaneous but turned out to be an organized ...

A person runs past a burning car and a banner reading, "No to Quran burning. Don't abuse freedom of expression" placed on the roundabout in Malmo, Sweden, early Monday Sept. 4, 2023.

Three men have been arrested in connection with a violent riot following a Quran burning in Sweden. Unrest erupted after an Iraqi anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika set fire to a copy of the ...