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| Mosque burned into ashes in Sweden | |||
| 2023-09-27 | |||
The blaze occurred on Monday, causing extensive damage to the mosque, but fortunately, no injuries were reported. In a statement on their website, the police said "The investigation into the fire is continuing. Police will question witnesses and verify whether there were security cameras in the area." Police have not made any arrests and are currently seeking witnesses and examining security camera footage in their ongoing investigation. "The mosque is almost completely destroyed, nothing can be saved," mosque front man Anas Deneche told AFP. Deneche mentioned that the mosque had been targeted in previous incidents of violence over the past year, and his family had faced threats. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... he emphasised the need to wait for the police to complete their investigation before drawing any conclusions about the cause of the fire.
In July, the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Human Rights Council approved a resolution on religious hatred, which was introduced by Pakistain on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The resolution called for the UN rights chief to publish a report on religious hatred and for states to review their laws and plug gaps that may "impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and advocacy of religious hatred". The same month, the UN General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a Moroccan resolution, co-sponsored by Pakistain, calling for countering hate speech and strongly deploring attacks against places of worship, religious symbols and holy books. The resolution, titled ’Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech’, won the approval of the 193-member assembly and stated: "Strongly deploring all acts of violence against persons on the basis of their religion or belief, as well as any such acts directed against their religious symbols, holy books, homes, businesses, properties, schools, cultural centres or places of worship, as well as all attacks on and in religious places, sites and shrines in violation of international law." | |||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 We dont need no water... |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-09-27 14:06 |
| #3 So Christians can practice their religion in Saudi Arabia when? |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-09-27 11:38 |
| #2 Odin weeps |
| Posted by: 746 2023-09-27 11:14 |
| #1 fortunately, no injuries were reported How many korans were burned? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-09-27 07:11 |