Tag: Quran

Tehreek Minhajul Quran leader arrives

Tehreek Minhajul Quran founder Dr Tahirul Qadri landed in the city on Friday after a world tour of four months. Another Tehreek Minhajul...

Mother murders son for ‘failing to learn the Quran’

Sara Ege used a stick to beat seven-year-old Yaseen “like a dog” if he couldn’t recite passages from the Holy Quran, the Telegraph reported...

US troops face punishment over Quran burning, urination video

The US military is expected to announce disciplinary action in response to two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one over...

Contempt of court bill against Quran and Hadith: Imran

Opposing the new contempt of court law passed by the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said the nation had been...

Copies of Holy Quran burnt in Afghan school attack

Unidentified gunmen burnt a school building, where hundreds of copies of the holy Quran had been stored, in the northern province of Jawzjan, officials...

Mob burns mentally ill man alive for burning Holy Quran

A religiously-charged emotional mob late on Tuesday night burnt a mentally-challenged man to death for allegedly burning pages of the Holy Quran in Bahawalpur...

US probe calls for punishment of troops in Quran burning

A US military investigation has recommended disciplinary action for up to seven troops over their role in burning copies of the Holy Quran at...

Evaluating celebrations

Is putting two and two together that hard? I write this on the eve of Shab-e-Miraj, the day the Prophet Mohammad was taken on a...

Three killed in protests over desecration of Holy Quran

At least three people were killed and several others injured as protesters went on a rampage over an alleged desecration of the Holy Quran...

US denounces burning of Quran copies by US pastor

The US State Department on Monday denounced the burning of copies of the Quran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed by a Florida...

Iran slams US pastor’s burning of Quran

Iran on Monday slammed a US pastor’s burning of a Quran, calling it provocative and demanding US authorities take action to prevent any recurrence. Iran’s...

Man jailed for burning Quran says it was an accident

A court on Tuesday jailed a 42-year-old Muslim man for life for burning a Quran, officials said. Naseem Ahmed, a father of three, was arrested...

Senate condemns Quran burning

The Upper House of parliament on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the burning of Holy Quran at a US base in Afghanistan and...

Pakistan lawmakers condemn US Quran burning

Pakistan's upper house of parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Tuesday condemning the burning of Qurans at a US base in Afghanistan and demanding...

US investigators find five involved in Quran burning: report

US military investigators have concluded that five soldiers were involved in the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan last week that was described as "accidental,...

Afghan clerics demand public trial Quran burners

Afghanistan’s top religious council on Friday demanded that those responsible for the burning of copies of holy Quran at a US military base should...