A person stole a Koran from a mosque near the French city of Lyon and set it on fire at the weekend, religious leaders and a police source said on Tuesday.

Read our privacy notice. Prosecuting a man for burning the Koran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial heard.

Man, 50, who 'set fire to Koran outside Turkish consulate' has charge of 'harassing' Islam dropped By NEIL SEARS FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:05 EDT, 9 May 2025 | Updated: 21:03 EDT, 9 May 2025 ...

Muslims believe the Quran to be the final revelation of God (Allah) revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (c.570-632 CE). It has quite a lot to say about the rights and status of women though its ...

An anti-Islam activist who sparked outrage across Muslim countries for burning the Koran has been shot dead in Sweden during a livestream on TikTok. Salwan Momika, 38, was ruthlessly gunned down ...

Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden.

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish court on Tuesday found a far-right activist guilty of two counts of hate crime against Muslims over statements he made while burning copies of the Koran, acts that triggered ...

Denmark’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law criminalising the “inappropriate treatment” of religious texts, effectively banning Koran burnings after a series of desecrations of Islam’s ...

It has vowed to explore legal means of stopping protests involving the burning of holy texts in certain circumstances. Denmark is not the only European country to have banned burnings of the Koran.

There is no law in Sweden specifically prohibiting the burning or desecration of the Koran or other religious texts, as it dropped blasphemy laws in 1970. Police have to cite specific grounds to ...

Stockholm, Sweden – A copy of the Quran has been desecrated in Sweden’s capital as two men kicked the Muslim holy book and burned several of its pages in front of the Royal Palace amid a heavy ...