It begins with the solemnity of tilawat [recital from the Quran], followed by the tune of the national anthem. The announcer’s voice urges the audience to stand in reverence for the anthem.

Our knowledge of women’s place in pre-Islamic Arab society is limited, but the Quran evidently called for some improvements. It condemned, for instance, the live burial of unwanted newborn girls ...

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...

The Danish parliament on Thursday banned Quran burnings over security concerns, after hundreds of incidents this year roiled the country. “This is about the security of Danes and Denmark,” Justice ...

The law came after a series of public Quran burnings in Scandinavia caused uproar in Muslim communities. By Maya Tekeli and Emma Bubola Maya Tekeli reported from Copenhagen, and Emma Bubola from ...

The Swedish government is concerned about national security following several incidents involving the burning of the Quran that have provoked demonstrations and outrage from Muslim-majority countries.

Two protesters burned pages torn from a Quran outside Sweden's parliament in Stockholm Monday, the third such demonstration in recent weeks and the first since the country's prime minister warned ...

With the help of pre-processing, segmentation, and Neural network techniques, we achieved a cumulative accuracy of 98.6%. Thus, it proves the fact that Tilawat-e-Quran brings calmness and happiness to ...

This week, Momika didn't manage to burn any pages from the Quran. On Thursday, standing outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm, the lone demonstrator kicked the book and also stamped on an Iraqi flag.

BEIRUT — Iraq has expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its top diplomatic representative from Sweden over the desecration of the Quran in the Nordic country. The move came hours after ...