Swedish police are investigating a slew of arson attacks over the last two nights as cars and taxis were torched across Malmö. “A total of eleven cars were damaged in a fire on Solröksgatan during the night,” police say in a report. “Five of the cars are expected to be completely destroyed. Initially there was a risk of spreading to a nearby garage, but the rescue service was able... 

France saw a jump in arrests on New Year’s Eve as well as an increase in the number of cars torched by African and Arab vandals, a ritual among revellers in the country’s high-rise suburbs. The number of vehicles set alight on the night of December 31st climbed from 935 a year ago to 1,031, while arrests rose from 456 to 510, the interior ministry said on Monday. Violence also marred celebrations... 

The US pastor whose burning of a Koran sparked deadly violence in Afghanistan was briefly jailed in a heavily Islamic suburb on Friday after a court banned his protest outside a mosque. A local judge jailed Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida and his associate Wayne Sapp after a court found their planned protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, could lead to violence. During... 

Pastor Terry Jones speaks to the press about his planned mass burning of the Qur'an in September 2010. British Home Office excludes US pastor from coming to UK to attend far-right demonstrations after 9/11 Qur’an burning threat. An American preacher who threatened a mass public burning of the Koran has been banned from entering the UK. Pastor Terry Jones provoked international outrage when...