Approximately 150 Muslims were arrested in a large-scale raid in the Oxanov market in the city of Surjut-Siberia, where many of the residents of Central Asia and Northern Caucasus work. The raid began suddenly according to witnesses, when masked men armed with assault rifles broke into the building in broad daylight and surrounded it, and then under their threat of execution they ordered all those present in the building to…

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, in his speech at the Arab ministerial meeting held in Cairo on Sunday evening 09/01/2013, confirmed that any move to the rescue of the Syrian people is not considered a foreign interference, demanding that the international community uses its efforts to stop this aggression against the Syrian people before this people perish.

The White House said: "The arrest of the general guide of the Brotherhood is not in line with the human rights that we believe in" and he also pointed to, "the arrest of Muhammad Badie' does not help in solving the crisis."

On Saturday 10 August 2013, a mob of Buddhists in Sri Lanka attacked a three-storey mosque and nearby houses in a central neighbourhood in the capital itself, Columbo. This is by no means an isolated incident. In recent months Buddhist groups have mounted an organized campaign against Muslim and Christian targets.