#Hasbara /How dumb is Israeli public advocacy? Very.
Following an explicit demand from the government of #Singapore, the Israeli embassy in Singapore deleted a post from its Facebook account that dealt with the mention of #Israel in the #Quran while #Palestine is not mentioned at all.
The post sparked outrage in the country which has a small Jewish community (about 3,000 people, mostly Jews from Iraq), 15% of its residents are Muslim and [so far] has no history of hostility between the two communities.
#Hasbara /How dumb is Israeli public advocacy? Very.
Following an explicit demand from the government of #Singapore, the Israeli embassy in Singapore deleted a post from its Facebook account that dealt with the mention of "Israel" in the #Quran while "Palestine" is not mentioned at all.
The post sparked outrage in the country which has a small Jewish community (about 3,000 people, mostly Jews from Iraq), 15% of its residents are Muslim and [so far] has no history of hostility between the two communities.
How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the feeble among men and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord! Bring us forth from out this town of which the people are oppressors! Oh, give us from thy presence some protecting friend! Oh, give us from Thy presence some defender!
English - Abdul Haleem
Why should you not fight in God’s cause and for those oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, ‘Lord, rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors! By Your grace, give us a protector and give us a helper!’?
Danish PM says books should be ‘read, not burned’ in first comments on Quran demos
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that burning books is not a statement, and that a law restricting it would therefore not impinge on freedom of speech.
Denmark floats Quran-burning ban after far-right protests
Denmark is considering banning events where “religions are being insulted,” the foreign ministry said Sunday after Qurans were burned in recent weeks by far-right groups in front of foreign embassies from Muslim-majority countries in Copenhagen.
The Danish government will “explore the possibility of intervening in special situations where, for instance, other countries, cultures, and religions are being insulted,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding the burnings were “deeply offensive” and “play into the hands of extremists.”
Sweden accuses Russia of inflaming Quran-burning crisis
Sweden's government has accused Russia of running a disinformation campaign around the recent Quran-burning protests, saying that it was intended to make it more difficult for the country to join the Nato alliance.
Burning the Islamic holy book “is offensive, disrespectful and a clear provocation,” Borrell said in a statement. Diversity and tolerance for religious communities are key values of the EU and “expressions of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance have no place” here, the top diplomat added.
On Tuesday, a Quran was burned during far-right anti-Islam demonstrations in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen. Sweden and Denmark have witnessed a number of recent Quran burnings, which inflamed tensions with Turkey.
“Not everything that is legal is ethical,” Borrell said. Some Quran burnings by far-right protestors were authorized by police, however both the Danish and the Swedish governments have condemned the acts.
Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador only hours after Iraqi protesters angered by the burning of copies of the Quran in Sweden stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad, scaling the walls of the compound and setting it on fire.
The man who vowed to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli embassy in Sweden's capital Stockholm said Saturday he had chosen not to set light to the religious scriptures.
Despite being given permission by Stockholm police to hold a three-person protest, the man said he had no intention of burning any books and instead threw a lighter to the ground.
"I never thought I would burn any books. I'm a Muslim, we don't burn," broadcaster SVT cited the man as telling those gathered for the planned desecration.
The unnamed man in his 30s said the real reason for the protest was to draw attention to the difference between freedom of speech and offending other ethnic groups.
The planned Torah burning was due to take place just days after another man set fire to pages of the Quran, Islam's holy book, drawing widespread condemnation from Muslims worldwide.