On 25 August 2023, the Danish government declared through the Ministry of Justice’s official website that it has drawn up a bill to ban Quran burnings. This is in stark contrast to the fact that Denmark has, for many years, laid the groundwork for Quran burnings, which it has justified with “freedom of expression”. What […]
The Danish government has proposed a ban on setting the Quran alight in public after a series of burnings led to uproar in Muslim countries. Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said such burnings harmed Denmark and risked the safety of Danes. The justice minister was adamant the proposed change in the law was not targeting verbal […]
To this day, the Quran is still frequently burned in the streets of Sweden. The government announces that threats to Sweden have increased, and the security police have raised the terror threat level from 3 to 4. The government is trying to control the situation by inviting Muslim representatives, holding talks with other states and […]
The recent burnings of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden, and the subsequent reactions at home and abroad, call for important realizations: – Freedom of speech is an instrument of political power and a poor cover for the lack of true values.
In May 2021, Hizb ut Tahrir / Denmark held a protest in front of the Egyptian embassy in Copenhagen against the Zionist occupation’s continuous crimes against the people of Palestine. I gave a speech at the event calling on all Muslims to call on the Muslim armies in the countries surrounding Palestine to intervene militarily […]
After the recent burnings of the Quran, first in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21, and most recently at the Friday prayer on January 27, in front of a mosque in Copenhagen, politicians are suddenly in a rush to wash their hands. As the Danish ambassador was summoned in Turkey, Foreign […]
The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, stated that the summoning of the Swedish ambassador to Ankara on 22 January 2023, came as a protest against the burning of the Noble Qur’an in front of the Turkish embassy building in Stockholm. Çavuşoğlu added that the Turkish ambassador to Stockholm met with the Swedish Foreign Minister, Tobias […]
Open letter to university students, academics, and the press On March 25, 2022, lecturer, debater, and member of Hizb ut Tahrir, Taimullah Abu Laban, was invited by the Muslim Student Association (MSA) City Campus to give a lecture at the University of Copenhagen’s (KU) Faculty of Social Sciences. The event was titled: “Should Islam be […]
According to the official websites of the Danish Parliament and Ministry of Justice, negotiations will be held between the party leaders of the Danish parliament with several ministers, discussing self-censorship and freedom of expression in the field of education. The government has convened negotiations starting on February 11th. The debate is targeted specifically at teaching […]
On the night towards Monday, the media reported that Lars Vilks died in a traffic accident together with two police officers who were protecting him. In the wake of Vilks’ death, several Swedish politicians and party leaders have commented on the event, praised Lars Vilks, praised his so-called art, and launched harsh attacks against Islam […]
In line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, the kingdom has introduced the ancient Indian epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata into the school curriculum. (Middle East)
A teacher at a grammar school in Batley, West Yorkshire, has been suspended for showing his RE (religious education) class offensive cartoons of the Prophet (saw). He goaded the students to complain to their parents, which al-Hamdulillah they did, claiming that his British values allow him to be offensive in this way. A number of […]
