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Top UN rights body to hold urgent session at Pakistan’s request.

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address the burning of the Holy Quran following ...

PM Shehbaz appeals for holding protest across country against act of desecration

One of the three applications would involve the burning of the Islamic holy text outside a mosque in Stockholm, as was the case with the burning on June 28 that sparked widespread anger.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has decided to hold an urgent session to address Islamophobia and religious hatred after world wide outrage against burning of Holy Quran on the first day of Eid al Adha in Sweden.

GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address the burning of the Quran following an incident in Stockholm that sparked global outrage, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session in the coming days to address recent incidents of Koran burning in Europe, a council spokesman said Tuesday

Passage in committee preceded by shouting, with opposition MKs yelling 'it's an illegal vote' and 'this is how a dictator behaves,' over calls to order from panel chairman Rothman

A Koran was burnt by an Iraqi man outside the Swedish capitals main mosque on June 28, triggering a diplomatic backlash against Stockholm as it hopes to join the NATO alliance.

The burning triggered a diplomatic backlash across the Muslim world. Read more at straitstimes.com.