During the parliamentary elections in Denmark, the massive focus on Rasmus Paludan has been a smokescreen for many Muslims. While he has been running his campaign of burning and throwing around copies of the Qur'an in various parts of the country and threatening to deport Muslims, leading politicians, including the Prime Minister, have distanced themselves from him.

Qatar said on Sunday it had reservations about hardline statements on Iran made at emergency summits in Mecca organised by Saudi Arabia. "The statements condemned Iran but did not refer to a moderate policy to speak with Tehran," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's foreign minister, told Al Jazeera. The summits "adopted Washington's policy towards Iran and not one that takes the neighbourhood into consideration", he added.

President Erdoğan announced the Judicial Reform Strategy Document. The document which is comprised of 9 articles, 63 targets and 256 activities, includes topics like the appointment of judges and prosecutors, 5-year education period in the law faculties, green passport for attorneys, measures for precautionary detention, and extension of information and documentation access rights.

 Lamenting the deterioration of the state of human rights in the country, [Nagorik Nirapotta Jote (Citizen’s Security Alliance)], a recently launched civil society body has called for greater unity to ensure the security of the citizens. The rights body said that from January to April this year, at least 118 citizens were killed in alleged ‘gunfights’, 354 women were raped, 234 children were raped and 144 were killed while 6 were…