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Turkey approves Sweden’s bid to join NATO
Ankara: Turkish lawmakers have approved a long-delayed bill on Sweden’s bid to become the 32nd member of NATO. The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday voted on the bill after a debate in the…
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Blinken, Turkish counterpart Fidan discuss importance of Sweden’s NATO accessionm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday held telephonic conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and spoke about the importance of finalizing Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) accession.…
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Turkish parliamentary committee approves Sweden’s NATO bid
Ankara: The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has approved Sweden’s NATO bid following deliberation, a first step necessary for putting it to a full parliament vote. The bill regarding the approval of…
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Turkish Parliament to discuss Sweden’s NATO bid next week
Ankara: Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has said that it would discuss Sweden’s NATO bid next week. The committee said on Friday in a statement that the review of the bid is…
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Denmark passes bill banning Quran burnings
The Danish parliament has passed a bill banning the burning of the Quran, following a series of incidents where the holy book was desecrated, sparking outrage in Muslim countries. The bill, which…
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Saudi Arabia condemns Quran burning in Sweden
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the Islamic holy book of the Quran in the Swedish city of Malmo, a move which the kingdom says was…
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Iraq seeks extradition of man who desecrated Quran in Sweden
Baghdad: The Iraqi authorities have requested Sweden to extradite an Iraqi refugee behind several incidents of Quran desecration in Stockholm. Since June 28, 37-seven-year-old Salwan Momika desecrated several copies of the Quran in front…
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Video: Swedish police arrest 15 for bid to prevent Quran desecration
The Swedish police has arrested 15 people who were trying to prevent anti-Islamic activist from desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran. Thirty-seven-old Salwan Momika, an Iraqi national living in Sweden, once…
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Watch: Young man in boxing gloves confronts Stockholm’s Quran desecrator
A young man wearing boxing gloves attempted to attack Silwan Momica who has desecrated several copies of the Quran in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. This came to light on Tuesday after a…
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Sweden: Woman sprays fire extinguisher on Quran desecrator, arrested
The Swedish police have detained a woman, who used a fire extinguisher on an anti-Islamist activist to stop the desecration of the Quran. Thirty-seven-old Salwan Momika, who is a Swedish resident of…
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Turkish woman wounded in armed attack at Sweden’s consulate in Izmir
Ankara: A Turkish woman employee was seriously wounded after being shot at by an armed assailant at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of Izmir on Tuesday, August 1. The Izmir governor’s…
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Sweden re-examines residency of Iraqi refugee who desecrated Quran
Stockholm: Swedish migration agency is re-examining the residence permit of an Iraqi refugee behind several incidents of Quran desecration in Stockholm in recent weeks. Thirty-seven-year-old Salwan Momika burned a copy of the…
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Saudi Cabinet reiterates condemnation of Quran desecration in Sweden, Denmark
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Tuesday, July 25, reiterated the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of the repeated acts of the desecration of…
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Swedish FM voices regret over Quran attack in Stockholm
Beirut: The Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom has expressed regret over the recent attack on the Quran in Stockholm, the media reported. During a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou…
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Protesters attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over reports of Quran burning
Baghdad: Nearly thousands of protesters, on Saturday, attempted to storm into Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area with several foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, in reaction to reports…
