Muslims around the world are praising one man as a “hero” after he confronted a man burning a copy of the Muslim holy book in Norway.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\n Muslims around the world are praising one man as a “hero” after he confronted a man burning a copy of the Muslim holy book in Norway.<\/p>\n The incident occurred during a rally organized by far-right organization \u201cStop Islamization of Norway\u201d (SIAN) in the southern city of Kristiansand last weekend.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n During the anti-Islam rally, far-right activists described Islam as “fascist”, insulted the Prophet, and threw two copies of the Quran into a rubbish bin, Resett reported.<\/p>\n But the rage of Muslims who gathered in Kristiansand for a counter-protest bubbled over when SIAN leader Lars Thorsen set alight a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of the crowd.<\/p>\n A brave Syrian refugee was able to confront the extremist who set alight the holy book.\u00a0<\/p>\n The man, identified as Ilyas on social media, has since been widely praised by Muslims across the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Ladies and Gentleman presenting you ‘The defender of Quran’,” wrote one Twitter user.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Salute you brother,” he added, using the hashtag #RealHeroOfTheMuslimUmmah (community).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Muslims around the world are praising one man as a “hero” after he confronted a man burning a copy of the Muslim holy book in Norway. Muslims around the world are praising one man as a “hero” after he confronted a man burning a copy of the Muslim holy book in Norway. The incident occurred …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n