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Law Enforcement
France arrests eight in PKK financing probe
(AFP) French police arrested eight men on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the finances of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), banned as a terror organisation by Turkey and its Western allies, anti-terrorism prosecutors told AFP. The arrests took place in […]
Books
Writers, politicians come out in support of threatened Dutch-Turkish author
(Dutch News) Politicians, writers and members of religious groups have signed an online manifesto in support of a Dutch author of Turkish origin who has received death threats for her work. Lale Gül, a 23-year-old author, has [written] a debut novel called […]
Demonstrations
Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it has no blasphemy laws
(AP) A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions — including in Sweden — about why such acts are allowed. In the […]