Quran
Central religious text of Islam
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| 2025 |
Rahim
Year of death for Rahim Abdullah, Malaysian footballer
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| 2025 |
Jabbar
Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar became a suspect in the New Orleans truck attack
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| February 13 2025 |
Quran desecration
Hamit Coşkun was attacked by Moussa Kadri with a knife after burning the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London. Coşkun was charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence and pleaded not guilty, while Kadri was charged with causing bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon.
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| February 3 2025 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Postponed verdict in Momika's Koran-burning case following his killing on January 29th.
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| January 29 2025 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Salwan Momika was shot and killed at the age of 38 in an apartment building in Södertälje, near Stockholm.
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| 2024 |
Aziz
Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistani economist and strategist, passed away.
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| 2024 |
English translations of the Quran
Dr. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi translated 'The Exalted Qurʾān: A New English Translation', published by The Shīʿah Institute in London.
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| February 17 2024 |
Quran desecration
Jade Sandberg burned the Quran in Stockholm while dressed as a nun and called for a ban on Islam in Europe.
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| January 2024 | PlayStation 4 port of LittleBigPlanet 3 servers shut down. |
| 2023 |
Hamid
Alejandro Hamed died.
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| 2023 |
Quran desecration
The Danish Patriots, a small anti-Islam group, burned Qurans in front of the Turkish and Egyptian embassies.
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| 2023 |
Translations of the Quran
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib published 'Tarjamatul Quran', a full Bangla translation of the Quran with short exegesis.
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| 2023 |
Translations of the Quran
Multiple Memoni translations of the Quran were published by Muhammad Younus Ibrahim Chhotani, including translations of 'Kanz-Ul-Iman' and 'Fateh-Ul-Hameed' in both Urdu and Roman Memoni-English alphabets.
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| 2023 |
English translations of the Quran
The 'Verbatim Quran: A New Translation based on Arabic-English Cognates' was published.
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| 2023 |
Latif
Latif Afridi, a Pakistani lawyer, passed away.
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| December 2023 |
Quran desecration
The Folketinget (Danish Parliament) passed a law making it illegal to burn, soil, trample, or cut recognized religious scriptures including the Quran, Bible, and Torah.
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| December 7 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Denmark's parliament passed a bill banning the 'inappropriate treatment' of religious texts, including the Quran, in response to a series of Quran burnings. The law applies to public and private settings where the act is recorded and distributed, with potential penalties of fines or up to two years in jail.
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| November 6 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Supreme Administrative Court made a final judgment affirming the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the protest permit denial, emphasizing constitutional protections for assembly and demonstration.
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| October 2023 |
Translations of the Quran
Engineer Lt Colonel M Alauddin published 'Shohoj Bangla Quran' (সহজ বাংলা কুরআন), a translation of the Holy Quran in Bangla, through Mowla Brothers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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| October 2023 |
English translations of the Quran
Zafarul-Islam Khan released 'The Glorious Quran - English Translation with annotations based on earliest authoritative sources'.
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| October 16 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
An Islamic State sympathiser killed two Swedish nationals at a football match in Molenbeek, Brussels, potentially as revenge for the Quran burnings. The victims were wearing Sweden men's national football team shirts.
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| July 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Turkey issued an official arrest order against Rasmus Paludan and nine others for participating in Quran burnings in Sweden.
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| July 31 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Seven Quran-burnings were planned in Denmark.
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| July 24 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Danish far-right activists burned a Quran outside the Iraqi embassy.
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| July 20 2023 |
Quran desecration
Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in response to a planned Quran burning in Stockholm, leading to diplomatic tensions and Iraq expelling the Swedish ambassador.
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| July 12 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden announced they would hear a case related to a previously denied protest permit from April.
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| July 7 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Iraqi football team Erbil SC demonstrated against the Quran burning during the opening of the new Iraqi Premier League season at the Franso Hariri Stadium.
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| July 7 2023 | 72 Hoorain had its theatrical release in India after a significant delay. |
| July 2 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Two protests took place outside the Karachi Press Club condemning the Quran burning.
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| July 1 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Pakistan-based Sunni extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Jhangvi called for a genocide against Pakistani Christians in retaliation for Sweden's Quran burning.
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| June 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Court of Appeal in Stockholm overturned the police's refusal, ruling that the fear of security problems was not sufficient to restrict the constitutional right to political demonstration.
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| June 28 2023 |
Quran desecration
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden, burned a Quran and played football with it outside Stockholm's central mosque, with police permission based on freedom of expression grounds.
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| February 1 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Turkish President Erdoğan announced that Turkey views Finland's NATO membership positively but will not view Sweden's membership positively due to the Quran burning events.
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| January 2023 |
2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, leading to suspension of Sweden's NATO membership talks by Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar.
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| January 2023 |
Quran desecration
Dutch Pegida leader Edwin Wagensveld conducted a 'vile attack' on the Quran in the Hague, prompting Turkey to summon the Dutch ambassador and condemn the act.
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| 2022 |
Queen of Sheba
Aamito Lagum portrayed the Queen of Sheba in Three Thousand Years of Longing.
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| 2022 |
Quran desecration
Sweden experienced riots in response to Quran desecration events.
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| 2022 |
2022 Sweden riots
Paludan gained Swedish citizenship through his father, which prevented authorities from banning him from entering Sweden and allowed him to continue his provocative activities.
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| 2022 |
Translations of the Quran
English translation 'The Easy Quran: A Translation in Simple English' was published by Tahir Mahmood Kiani through Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd.
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| 2022 |
Translations of the Quran
Musa Çaxarxan Czachorowski published the first Turkish edition (bilingual) of his Quran translation in Ankara.
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| 2022 |
Translations of the Quran
Arabic translation in Latin script 'Quraan (Transcription)' was published by Maqsood Ahmad Naseem.
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| 2022 |
Translations of the Quran
Prof. Rampriya Sharma from Bihar, India produced a Sanskrit translation of the Quran.
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| 2022 |
Translations of the Quran
Aminuddin Mohamed published an interpretation of the meaning of the Quran's verses in Maputo, Mozambique
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| 2022 |
English translations of the Quran
Robert Spencer published 'The Critical Qur'an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research' through Bombardier Books in New York.
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| April 17 2022 |
2022 Sweden riots
Planned Quran burning ceremony in Landskrona was moved to Malmö by police. Rioters in Landskrona stoned and set fire to vehicles, causing extensive property damage. Police fired ricochets, injuring three. A school in Rosengård, Malmö, was set on fire.
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