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Over 90 Muslim leaders and organizations in the U.S. have called on Muslim-majority nations to take urgent action to end the Gaza conflict, urging measures such as severing ties with Israel, imposing embargoes, and opening border crossings for aid, amid escalating violence and humanitarian crisis.
Over 85 Muslim scholars, leaders, and institutions urge Muslim-majority nations to take concrete actions such as ending relations with Israel, imposing oil embargoes, closing airspace, opening Gaza crossings, and leading aid efforts to stop the Gaza genocide.
Thousands of Muslims in Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran took part in peaceful protests to express their outrage over the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. The protests followed the storming of the Swedish Embassy in Iraq, where demonstrators burned the Swedish flag and LGBTQ rainbow flag. Leaders in Muslim-majority countries condemned the Quran desecration and summoned Swedish diplomats to express their outrage. The Swedish Foreign Ministry called the embassy storming "completely unacceptable," while the Iraqi prime minister ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador and the withdrawal of the Iraqi charge d'affaires from Sweden.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been pulled from cinema listings in over a dozen Muslim-majority countries due to a 'Protect Trans Kids' poster seen in one frame of the trailer. The brief transgender reference may have caused offense in Arab countries where Muslim majorities often consider homosexuality and transgender identity as sinful and contrary to their religious beliefs and societal norms. The ban on the newest Spider-Man has not been officially announced, but there were indications it will not reach screens. This is not uncommon for Muslim-majority countries to cancel film screenings due to LGBT+ themes.