DHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party rallied in the capital on ...

Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran at a small protest in Stockholm, Sweden, scale a wall at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023.

A case has been filed against a 52-year-old man in Chittagong under Cyber Security Act for allegedly insulting the Quran and posting a social media video targeting Interim Government Chief Adviser Dr ...

Yunus ultimately did not move forward with forming the party. In 2011, Bangladesh’s government-controlled central bank removed Yunus as managing director of Grameen Bank, saying he had exceeded ...

With anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment widespread, there have been more than 500 demonstrations in Denmark in recent months, Mr. Hummelgaard said, including some where the Quran was burned.

The Quran has 123 verses that call for fighting and killing anyone who does not agree with the statement, “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet.” ...

Mr. Yunus previously suggested that the country might be ready for an election by June 2026, but has given no clear timeline. He has told his cabinet he doesn’t believe the current political ...

Yunus has said the elections could be delayed until 2026. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has been pushing for polls by December.

Yunus is a social entrepreneur and banker who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering microfinance work that helped alleviate poverty in Bangladesh and was widely adopted around the world.