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Libertarian Rasmus Paludan burns a translation of the Koran during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Jan. 21, 2023. Photo by Tobias Hellstren via Wikimedia Commons.

Sweden approves burning of Bible outside Israeli embassy

The demonstration, which has already caused a great deal of anxiety and controversy, is slated for Shabbat.

Etgar Lefkovits

July 14, 2023

An open book on fire. Credit: Sergeyxsp/Shutterstock.

Sweden must prevent public burnings of religious books

After historical precedent, can this legitimately be regarded as constitutionally protected free speech?

July 7, 2023

A bar mitzvah boy reads his Torah portion at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Peter van der Sluijs via Wikimedia Commons.

Activist seeks to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy in Sweden

It follows the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in Stockholm that sparked a backlash across the Islamic world.

July 5, 2023

Noor Dahri, counterterrorism researcher and a former officer with the London Police, at the JNS office in Jerusalem, August 2022. Photo by Jennifer Schrutt.

Noor Dahri: Pakistani-born Muslim, counter-terrorism expert … and Zionist

He is gathering research for his next book on Israeli security threats, traveling along Israel’s often tense borders with Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. Details of his trip, including visits to the Temple Mount, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the Western Wall have made waves on social media.

August 22, 2022

Graffiti displaying Koran verses seen in the center of Nablus in the West Bank, Nov. 15, 2016. Photo by Sebi Berens/Flash90.

Wishing Israel away

Islam is not the only faith to dress up superstition as credible assertion. Still, the significance of such beliefs is better gauged by measuring their popularity rather than debating their contents.

July 1, 2022

A miniature 10th-century Koran. Credit: Courtesy of the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

Doubled in 2021: Online visits to National Library of Israel in Arabic top 2 million globally

A majority of users in the Arab world were between the ages of 25 and 44. About 60 percent of all users in the Arab world were male.

January 10, 2022

An edition of the Koran. Credit: Sayyed Shahab-o-Din Vajedi/Wikimedia Commons.

Can the Koran solve Israel’s political impasse?

The positive implications of Israeli Muslims recognizing the Jewish state override coalition-building.

April 22, 2021

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz (right) meets the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, on April 21, 2014. Credit: Dragan Tatic, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs via Wikimedia Commons.

Top PA religious official: Women may not visit Dubai without male relative

P.A. Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein’s remarks were broadcast on official P.A. television.

December 28, 2020

A view of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Credit: Andrew Shiva via Wikimedia Commons.

From Mecca to Jerusalem

Amid Israel’s historic normalization process with Arab countries, more and more voices are challenging the identification of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as the Koranic Al-Aqsa, arguing that it is actually located in Saudi Arabia.

Nadav Shragai

November 29, 2020